Erik Johnson calls White Sox teammate Jose Quintana a machine, and Quintana was operating as reliably as ever Thursday at U.S. Cellular Field.
Almost as reliably, the Sox let Quintana down.
Quintana notched his 23rd quality start of the season against the Athletics, but closer David Robertson frittered away Quintana's victory when he gave up a three-run homer to Billy Butler in the ninth inning of the A's 4-2 victory.
Sox right fielder Avisail Garcia made a leaping attempt to corral Butler's homer above the fence, but the ball popped out of his glove. That gave Quintana an undesirable milestone — career no decision No.