Oakland rally to edge past White Sox 7-6

Chicago: Pinch-hitter Nick Martini drove in the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning with his first major league hit and the Oakland Athletics came back from an early five-run deficit to edge the Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Saturday.

Martini, recalled from Triple-A before the game, lined a full-count single off Juan Minaya (0-2) with two outs to centre to score Stephen Piscotty from second.

Piscotty reached on a double when right fielder Avisail Garcia lost his routine fly in the sun. Piscotty launched a two-run drive and Matt Olson hit a solo shot as the Athletics homered in their 24th consecutive road game, tying a modern day record set by Baltimore in 1996. Olson’s homer was his 17th and third in four games.