Athletics at Chicago White Sox

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Athletics

9-10, 7-3 Away

Final
8 - 0

Chicago White Sox

4-14, 4-8 Home

Soderstrom hits major league-leading 9th homer as A's beat White Sox 8-0

A's pitcher dazzles with behind-the-back catch

Lawrence Butler, JJ Bleday and Brent Rooker also homered for the A's, who have won four of five and improved to 9-10. Soderstrom hit a solo homer in the seventh for a 5-0 lead and is batting .315 with 18 RBI.

Chicago dropped to a major league-worst 4-14, losing its fourth straight game and for the 12th time in 14. The White Sox lost a post-1900 record 121 games last year.

Rooker had three hits, Max Schuemann two triples and Jacob Wilson two doubles.

JP Sears (2-2) allowed three hits and Noah Murdock, T.J. McFarland and Jason Alexander finished a four-hitter, the A's second shutout this season.

Davis Martin (1-2) gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Lawrence Butler and Wilson led off the game with consecutive doubles. Butler added a solo homer in the second and JJ Bleday a two-run homer in the sixth. Wilson had an RBI double and Rooker a two-run homer in the ninth.

Edward Quero, a 22-year-old catcher, was 0 for 3 in his major league debut for Chicago. Andrew Benintendi went 0 for 2 in his first game since April 6 after recording from a left adductor strain.

Key moment Chicago loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth against Murdock. McFarland retired pinch-hitter Joshua Palacios on a pop fly.

Key stat Sodestrom's nine homers tied for second-most in franchise history through 19 games with Reggie Jackson (1974) and Mark McGwire (1992), one behind Bob Cerv (1958) and Khris Davis (2019).

Up next Athletics: RHP J.T. Ginn (1-0, 1.31) starts Friday at Milwaukee and RHP Freddy Peralta (1-1, 2.31).

White Sox: LHP Martín Pérez (1-0, 1.59) will pitch Friday at Boston.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Benintendi flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Baldwin struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Quero struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alexander relieved McFarland
	9th Inning	Bleday lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Rooker homered to left (415 feet), Wilson scored.

Statistics

ATH		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
15	Ground Balls	7
7	Strikeouts	6
8	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	32
4	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	16
2	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
153	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
32	Total Bases	4
41	Plate Appearances	36
648.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
9	Extra Base Hits	0
10.3	Runs Created	0.1
.325	Batting Average	.125
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.800	Slugging Percentage	.125
.500	Secondary Average	.094
.341	On Base Percentage	.222
1.141	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.347
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
10.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.1
68.0	Batter Rating	4.0
10.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.475	Isolated Power	.000
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.024	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.175	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
16.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
111.8	MLB Rating	59.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0