The White Sox won two games in a row for the first time in nearly three months, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Sunday with home runs from Gavin Sheets and Bryan Ramos. This win ended their streak of 20 consecutive series losses.
Just one day after a dramatic 7-6 win with a ninth-inning score that ended a 16-game home losing streak, the White Sox took a 3-0 lead in the first inning.
This was their first winning streak since they won three games in a row against Atlanta and Colorado from June 27-29. Chicago, which took two of three games against the A’s, hadn’t won a series since they won two out of three games against the Rockies.
Sheets said, “If there’s one thing we’ve learned it’s you can’t take big league wins for granted. To get back-to-back wins and get a series win, it feels really good. We have to enjoy these times and keep it going.”
With a record of 35-115 and 12 games left, the White Sox are trying to avoid matching the post-1900 record of 120 losses set by the 1962 expansion New York Mets.
They are 20-58 at home, just one loss shy of the post-1900 record for home losses held by the 1939 St. Louis Browns and 2019 Detroit Tigers.
Ramos said, “You play music, everybody is happy, making jokes. That’s a good feeling.”
Sean Burke (1-0) pitched five innings, giving up two runs and five hits in his first major league start and second appearance. He struck out five and walked two.
Ramos and Lenyn Sosa each had two hits for the White Sox.
For the Athletics (65-85), Brent Rooker and Shea Langeliers hit home runs. JJ Bleday and Nick Allen each had two hits.
JP Sears (11-11) allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings.
Andrew Vaughn’s RBI single and Sheets’ two-run homer gave the White Sox their early lead. Sheets now has 10 homers, including in consecutive games. Rooker hit his 37th homer, a two-run shot in the fifth, but Ramos added to the lead with his home run in the sixth inning.
