Oakland 2, Chi. White Sox 1
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, April 11, 2011
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
57°
Umpires:
Home -
Jerry Meals, 1B -
CB Bucknor, 2B -
Dan Iassogna, 3B -
Dale Scott
Attendance:
20057
By SportsDirect Inc.
Kurt Suzuki's solo home run in the top of the 10th inning was the decisive blow as the visiting Oakland Athletics rallied for a 2-1 victory Monday over the Chicago White Sox, who wasted a gem by Mark Buehrle.
Chicago reliever Jesse Crain (0-1) fanned the first two batters in the extra inning before Suzuki took him over the left-field wall. Brian Fuentes retired the side in order in the bottom of the inning to save it for Tyson Ross (1-0), who tossed three innings of scoreless relief. Oakland pitchers combined to strike out 13 hitters.
The Athletics trailed 1-0 entering the ninth after being stymied by Buehrle, who allowed two hits and a walk in eight innings.
Adam LaRoche led off with a double against Matt Thornton and pinch runner Cliff Pennington came in to tie the game when White Sox left fielder Juan Pierre dropped a fly ball with one out.
Chicago's Brent Lillibridge hit a two-out homer in the fifth against Dallas Braden, who allowed five hits and struck out seven in six innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Oakland |
|
Chi. White Sox |
|
Dallas Braden
|
Player |
Mark Buehrle
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.0 |
IP |
8.0 |
|
7 |
Strikeouts |
1 |
|
5 |
Hits |
2 |
|
1.50 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Oakland
|
5 |
1 |
10 |
.143 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Chi. White Sox
|
6 |
1 |
10 |
.176 |
10 |
13 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
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