Cust homers, Blanton dazzles as A's top ChiSox
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07/04/2008 -
Chicago, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jack Cust slammed a two-run homer and Joe
Blanton pitched seven solid innings in Oakland's 7-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox in the second of a four-game series.
Blanton (5-11) allowed just one run while scattering six hits and two walks
for the Athletics, adding five strikeouts in the club's second straight win.
Donnie Murphy had two hits and two runs batted in, while Emil Brown and Wes
Bankston each recorded three-hit nights.
"Our hitters took a good approach to Mark Buehrle, and we were able to
execute," Cust said.
The aforementioned Buehrle (6-7) snapped a personal four-decision winning
streak by surrendering four runs on 10 hits and three walks, as Chicago
dropped its second straight following a seven-game winning streak. The White
Sox gave up 17 hits, the most allowed this season by a usually stingy
pitching staff. Jim Thome went 2-for-4 with the lone RBI in defeat.
Both starters held the offenses in check for the first three frames before the
A's plated a pair on two pitches in the fourth. Buehrle's first offering was
lined to left by Brown for a single, and Cust quickly answered with an
opposite-field shot to left for his 15th home run of the year.
"I never had my stuff from the first inning on," Buehrle said. "I'm just glad
I could minimize the damage."
The White Sox cut the lead in half in the bottom half, as Thome roped a two-
out double to the left field wall. Carlos Quentin was on with a walk, and he
came around to score when Mark Ellis didn't attempt to throw him out at the
plate.
Another two-spot for the away team made it a 4-1 game in the sixth. Carlos
Gonzalez scored from first on Jack Hannahan's two-out double to the right
field gap. Buehrle then intentionally walked Ellis, and Ryan Sweeney rolled an
RBI single up the middle. Hannahan slid past the tag of A.J. Pierzynski and
was called safe, even though replays showed he may have missed touching the
plate.
The A's added two more an inning later behind three straight singles off
reliever Nick Masset, the last of which a broken-bat base-hit by Bankston to
bring in a run. Two batters later, Murphy bounced a single in front of Quentin
in left and the score read, 6-1.
Murphy doubled home another run in the ninth, and Santiago Casilla followed up
Brad Ziegler's perfect eighth with one of his own in the ninth to seal the
victory.
Game Notes
Buehrle is just 3-11 in 23 lifetime appearances -- 18 starts -- against
Oakland...The White Sox are still an excellent 30-13 as the host this
season... Oakland has won seven of its eight most recent meetings with
Chicago...Oakland placed veteran reliever Keith Foulke on the 15-day disabled
list Friday, retroactive to July 3, with right shoulder inflammation. To take
his spot on the roster, the A's recalled left-handed pitcher Jerry Blevins
from Triple-A Sacramento...Gonzalez left the game in the seventh with
tightness in his right hamstring...Despite the win, the A's left 13 runners on
base.
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