Medina overcomes 5 walks, pitches 5 innings to guide A’s previous White Sox, 7-4

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Luis Medina overcame his season-long management issues and pitched 5 principally robust innings to earn his first win as a starter this season, Carlos Pérez hit his sixth homer whereas his brother sat within the reverse dugout, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 on Friday night time.

Medina, the A’s rookie right-hander whose solely different win got here in opposition to Milwaukee on June 9 when he threw 5 robust innings of reduction, struggled along with his command for the second consecutive outing. He walked 5 – three within the first inning – and allowed 4 hits and one run in 5 innings.

Medina (2-7) gave up a run within the first after permitting a double to Andrew Benitendi main off the sport, struck out 4 and labored out of bases-loaded jams within the first two innings.

“I leaned over to (bench coach Darren Bush) and said, ‘I don’t know if I’ve seen two innings and 14 guys come to the plate and only one run given up,’” supervisor Mark Kotsay mentioned.

Medina was in such a funk early that in between innings, he and Kotsay had a dialog whereas the supervisor held an iPad. When the chat ended, the iPad was on the ground of the dugout.

“I’m glad that he got it together,” Kotsay mentioned. “He should build confidence from that standpoint and realize that less thinking is probably better for him.”

Medina has 12 walks over his final 10 innings.

“I know I got in trouble but I just made the pitch when I needed to make it,” Medina mentioned by means of a translator. “That’s what helped me out, keeping myself in the game.”

Two days after being on the unsuitable facet of the primary good sport within the majors this season, the A’s had 10 hits. That snapped an Oakland-record 19 consecutive video games with 9 hits or fewer.

Pérez, the A’s main backup catcher who was making his second profession begin at first base, grounded out and flew out in his first two at-bats earlier than crushing a 1-2 slider from reliever Jesse Scholtens over the fence in left to place Oakland up 5-1.

The A’s received for the third time in 15 video games following their season-high, seven-game successful streak.

Luis Robert Jr. homered for Chicago, which had received 4 of six. Benitendi added a two-run double within the eighth.

White Sox hitting coach Jose Castro was ejected after the fourth inning when he got here out to argue with residence plate umpire Tripp Gibson.

Before the sport, Chicago referred to as up Pérez’s youthful brother, additionally named Carlos, from Triple-A Charlotte. The two have an older brother additionally named Carlos, all three with completely different center names. The first identify can also be shared by their father and grandfather.

The two youngest Pérez brothers had performed in opposition to one another within the Venezuelan Winter League however this was their first sport within the majors with one another.

“Feels nice that I did it,” the A’s Pérez mentioned. “Feels nice that I saw him on the other side and I’m really happy for him.”

Chicago, which had scored 20 runs in its earlier two video games, loaded the bases twice within the first two innings however solely scored as soon as on an RBI single by Elroy Jiménez within the first.

The A’s responded with 4 runs off opener Tanner Banks (0-3) within the second. Shea Langeliers singled in a run, Tony Kemp had an RBI triple, and Jace Peterson and Esteury Ruíz every added sacrifice flies.

Benitendi’s two-out, two-run double off reliever Sam Moll within the eighth reduce Oakland’s result in 5-3 earlier than Trevor May retired Tim Anderson on a swinging strikeout.

Aledmys Diaz had an RBI double and scored on Jace Peterson’s single within the backside of the body for Oakland.

Robert’s twenty fourth residence run got here off Trevor May within the ninth. May retired the following three batters for his fifth save.

Banks allowed 5 hits and 4 runs in 5 innings. He struck out three and walked one.

ROSTER MOVES

White Sox: OF Adam Haseley was optioned to Charlotte to make room for Pérez.

Athletics: RHP James Kaprielian was positioned on the 15-day Injured List due to a strained proper shoulder. RHP Yacksel Rios (Raynaud’s Syndrome) was additionally placed on the 15-day IL. RHP Mason Miller (proper forearm tightness) is in a throwing program however has been transferred to the 60-day IL. INF Jonah Bride was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. RHP Rico Garcia and INF Jordan Diaz had been referred to as up from Las Vegas. LHP Kirby Snead was activated off the 60-day IL.

UP NEXT

White Sox RHP Dylan Cease (3-3, 4.04 ERA) is scheduled to make his majors-leading 18th begin Saturday afternoon. Cease, who has allowed two runs or fewer in his earlier 5 begins, is 2-0 in 4 profession begins in opposition to Oakland. The A’s plan to name LHP Kyle Muller (1-4, 8.04) up from the minors to make his first begin since May 22.

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