The Oakland Athletics and Chicago White Sox faced off at the Oakland Coliseum for game two of a three-game set. The Sox, entering tonight with an MLB-worst losing streak at 21 games, hoped to avoid surpassing the 1988 Orioles for the longest losing streak ever.
Mark Kotsay sent Ross Stripling to the mound facing Jonathan Cannon, the 24-year-old rookie righty out of the University of Georgia.
The A’s put runners on in each of the first three innings, even loading the bases in the bottom of the first but have not been able to break through.