Oakland 5, Chi. White Sox 4
When: 3:35 PM ET, Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Where: O.co Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature:
63°
Umpires:
Home -
Jerry Layne, 1B -
Bob Davidson, 2B -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B -
Dan Bellino
Attendance:
13032
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Athletics 5, White Sox 4 (14): Yoenis Cespedes tied the game with a two-run homer and Kila Ka’aihue won it with a walk-off single in the 14th as host Oakland outlasted Chicago.
Paul Konerko had tied it 2-2 in the ninth inning with his 400th career home run and looked like he would get to celebrate a win along with the personal accomplishment on the plane ride home, when the White Sox took a 4-2 lead in the top of the 14th.
But the Athletics fought back in the bottom of the frame against Chicago closer Hector Santiago (0-1). Josh Reddick reached with a one-out single in front of Cespedes, who drove a 2-2 screwball deep into the left-center field seats to knot it 4-4.
Seth Smith and Kurt Suzuki followed with back-to-back singles in front of Ka’aihue, who dropped a single into left field.
The White Sox began their 14th-inning rally when Dayan Viciedo reached on an error by Athletics third baseman Eric Sogard. Viciedo moved up on a sacrifice and Alejandro De Aza reached with a two-out walk before Jim Miller (1-0) came on in relief of Jerry Blevins.
Ramirez drove an 0-1 pitch into the gap in left-center to plate a pair.
Grant Balfour blew the save in the ninth inning, surrendering a first-pitch home run to Konerko to knot it 2-2.
The White Sox had a chance to take the lead in the 13th but had a runner cut down at the plate.
Game Notebook: The late-inning fireworks overshadowed a pitcher’s duel between a pair of young arms in Chicago left-hander Chris Sale and Oakland right-hander Jarrod Parker. Sale allowed two runs in eight innings while Parker surrendered one run in 6 1/3 frames. … Kosuke Fukudome was cut down on a botched squeeze bunt that would have tied it in the seventh. … Cespedes has 18 RBIs in 19 games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Oakland |
|
Chris Sale
|
Player |
Jarrod Parker
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
8.0 |
IP |
6.1 |
|
5 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
6 |
Hits |
7 |
|
2.25 |
ERA |
1.42 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. White Sox
|
13 |
1 |
22 |
.265 |
20 |
12 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Oakland
|
12 |
1 |
16 |
.235 |
8 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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