Rookie Brady Basso sharp once more, leads A’s previous White Sox 2-0 for first main league win

CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Brady Basso pitched five-hit ball into the sixth inning in his first main league win, and the Oakland Athletics handed the Chicago White Sox their sixteenth consecutive residence loss with a 2-0 victory on Friday night time.

Chicago was shut out for the 18th time, ending with six hits. At 33-115, the White Sox are approaching the post-1900 file for losses — 120 by the 1962 New York Mets of their inaugural season.

Basso (1-0) struck out two and walked one in 5 1/3 innings in his second main league begin and fifth look total. He pitched six scoreless innings in a no-decision in opposition to Detroit in his earlier outing final week.

Zack Gelof hit an RBI double, and Brent Rooker added a run-scoring single. The A’s gained for the third time in 4 video games.

Michel Otañez relieved Basso after Bryan Ramos reached on a leadoff stroll and Andrew Benintendi singled with one out within the sixth. Tyler Ferguson adopted with a 1-2-3 eighth and Mason Miller labored round a single within the ninth for his twenty fifth save.

Garrett Crochet (6-12) labored 4 innings of one-run ball for Chicago. The All-Star left-hander threw 56 pitches, 38 for strikes because the White Sox proceed to handle his workload.

Crochet, who’s 0-7 in his final 16 begins, retired 11 of his first 12 hitters earlier than Oakland broke by way of for a run with two outs within the fourth.