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Oakland 7, Sox 4










































&nbsp 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 &nbsp &nbsp RHE
White Sox
0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 481
Oakland 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 x 7121



















































White Sox ABRH2B 3BHRRBI WKAVG
Graffanino, Tony 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .262
Rowand, Aaron cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .228
Lee, Carlos lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .263
Ordonez, Magglio rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .325
Konerko, Paul 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .317
Thomas, Frank dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .235
Crede, Joe 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
&nbsp Valentin, Jose ph-3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Clayton, Royce ss 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .251
Paul, Josh c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
&nbsp Liefer, Jeff ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .203
Totals34 4 8 2 0 1 4 4 9
&nbsp
Oakland ABRH2B 3BHRRBI WKAVG
Durham, Ray dh 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .289
Hatteberg, Scott 1b 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Tejada, Miguel ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .299
Chavez, Eric 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268
Dye, Jermaine rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .250
Justice, David lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .270
&nbsp Byrnes, Eric lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Ellis, Mark 2b 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .278
Long, Terrence cf 4 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 .241
Hernandez, Ramon c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .233
Totals36 712 1 0 2 7 2 6


E–Graffanino, Ellis. LOB–Chicago WSox 8, Oakland 8. 2B–Lee,
Ordonez, Dye. HR–Clayton (7), off Zito, Long (10), off Wright,
Long (11), off Wright. SF–Konerko, Tejada.













Chicago WSox IPHRERBBSOHRERA
Wright, Danny (L 8-11) 5 10 7 5 1 4 2 5.85
Ginter, Matt &nbsp 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.14
Wunsch, Kelly &nbsp 2-3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.15
Osuna, Antonio &nbsp 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.74
&nbsp
Oakland IPHRERBBSOHRERA
Zito, Barry (W 17-5) 5 2-3 4 3 3 3 5 1 3.01
Bradford, Chad &nbsp 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 2.14
Rincon, Ricardo &nbsp 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.19
Koch, Billy &nbsp 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 3.21


PB–Hernandez.

T–2:47. A–31,489.

Umpires–Home, Bill Miller; First, Fieldin Culbreth; Second, Bill Hohn; Third, Rob Drake.

Scoring
WHITE SOX THIRD: Clayton homered. Paul popped out. Graffanino struck out. Rowand fouled out. One run. White Sox 1-0.
ATHLETICS THIRD: Ellis walked. Long homered, scoring Ellis. Hernandez singled. Durham safe on fielder’s choice and Graffanino’s error, Hernandez to second. Hatteberg singled, loading the bases. Tejada hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Hernandez. Chavez flied out. Dye singled, scoring Durham, Hatteberg to third. Justice flied out. Four runs. Athletics 4-1.
ATHLETICS FOURTH: Ellis singled. Long homered, scoring Ellis. Hernandez struck out. Durham grounded out. Hatteberg singled. Tejada grounded out. Two runs. Athletics 6-1.

ATHLETICS FIFTH: Chavez popped out. Dye doubled. Justice struck out. Ellis singled, scoring Dye. Long singled, Ellis to third. Hernandez struck out. One run. Athletics 7-1.
WHITE SOX SIXTH: Graffanino singled. Rowand singled, Graffanino to third on Ellis’ error. Lee doubled, scoring Graffanino, Rowand to third. Ordonez struck out. Konerko hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Rowand. Thomas walked. Bradford pitching. Crede struck out.
Two runs. Athletics 7-3.
WHITE SOX NINTH: Clayton singled. Liefer pinch-hitting for Paul. On Hernandez’s passed ball, Clayton to second. Liefer struck out. Graffanino grounded out, Clayton to third. Rowand singled, scoring Clayton. Lee flied out. One run. Athletics 7-4.