OAKLAND, Calif. — Jake Burger hit his 18th home run and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 8-7 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Zach Remillard added a two-run single and Eloy Jiménez had a pair of RBI singles as the White Sox finished their seven-game road trip 3-4.
Brent Rooker homered for Oakland hours after being named an All-Star.
Chicago jumped on A’s starter Paul Blackburn for five runs in the third inning. Tim Anderson started the scoring with a sacrifice fly, followed by Jiménez’s first RBI single.
Gavin Sheets was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force in a third run and Remillard singled home two more to make it 5-0.
Blackburn (1-1) gave up five runs on six hits in five innings, striking out five and walking four.
Oakland got two runs back in the bottom of the third on an RBI single by Tony Kemp and a bases-loaded walk by Seth Brown.
Chicago White Sox’s Jake Burger (30) is congratulated by his teammates after hitting a solo home run against the Oakland Athletics during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. Credit: AP/D. Ross Cameron
JJ Bleday doubled home a run in the fifth to make it 5-3.
Andrew Benintendi had a sacrifice fly in the sixth, followed by Jiménez’s second RBI single. Burger homered 442 feet to center in the seventh.
Rooker hit a two-run homer 441 feet to center in the eighth.
Bleday added another RBI double in the ninth, followed by an RBI single by Brown to bring the A’s within 1. But Gregory Santos got Jace Peterson to line out to right, earning his first career save.
Chicago White Sox pitcher Aaron Bummer delivers against the Oakland Athletics during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 2, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. Credit: AP/D. Ross Cameron
Touki Toussaint made his third appearance and first start for the White Sox, allowing two runs and three hits in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked four in a no-decision.
Aaron Bummer (3-1) was credited with…
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