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Oakland Athletics @ Chicago White Sox

2021-08-18 · Night game · Guaranteed Rate Field · Att: 22780 · 79°F, cloudy · Wind 8 mph from LF · 3:20

Chicago White Sox defeated Oakland Athletics 3–2. Chicago White Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Eloy Jimenez doubles (5) on a line drive to left fielder Mark Canha. Cesar Hernandez scores. Jose Abreu to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Mark Canha flies out to center fielder Luis Robert — worth 15% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Lance Lynn (P): Throwing equipment (belt).

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	8
CHA	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		3	9

W: Garrett Crochet L: Paul Blackburn SV: Liam Hendriks

Umpires — HP: Nick Mahrley · 1B: Bruce Dreckman · 2B: Ron Kulpa · 3B: Nic Lentz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mark Canha	4	0	1	0	1	0
Starling Marte	4	0	2	1	0	1
Matt Olson	3	0	0	0	2	3
Jed Lowrie	4	0	0	0	1	3
Josh Harrison	4	0	1	0	0	1
Matt Chapman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Yan Gomes	4	0	1	0	0	0
Seth Brown	2	1	1	1	0	0
Elvis Andrus	3	1	1	0	0	0
Stephen Piscotty	2	0	1	0	0	1
Mitch Moreland	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tim Anderson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cesar Hernandez	4	1	1	0	0	3
Jose Abreu	4	0	1	0	0	1
Eloy Jimenez	4	0	1	1	0	1
Yoan Moncada	3	2	1	0	1	1
Brian Goodwin	2	0	1	0	2	0
Luis Robert	4	0	3	2	0	0
Jake Lamb	3	0	0	0	0	1
Seby Zavala	3	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Vaughn	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Blackburn	5.1	5	3	3
Sergio Romo	1.2	2	0	3
Andrew Chafin	1.0	2	0	1

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lance Lynn	4.0	4	3	4
Garrett Crochet	1.2	1	1	0
Ryan Tepera	0.2	1	0	1
Aaron Bummer	1.0	2	1	1
Liam Hendriks	1.2	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mark Canha: W
Starling Marte: WP.1-2
Starling Marte: S9/L9S.2-3
Matt Olson: SB2
Matt Olson: K
Jed Lowrie: K
Josh Harrison: 43/G4

Bot 1

Tim Anderson: 63/G56
Cesar Hernandez: S5/BG2
Jose Abreu: S9/L9S+.1-2
Eloy Jimenez: D7/L7D.2-H;1-3
Yoan Moncada: 43/G34
Brian Goodwin: 8/F89

Top 2

Matt Chapman: W
Yan Gomes: 9/L9
Seth Brown: 5/P5F/FL
Elvis Andrus: 53/G5

Bot 2

Luis Robert: 53/G56S+
Jake Lamb: 9/F89D
Seby Zavala: 9/F9

Top 3

Mark Canha: D7/L7L
Starling Marte: S6/G6+.2-2
Matt Olson: W.2-3;1-2
Jed Lowrie: K
Josh Harrison: K
Matt Chapman: 6/P56

Bot 3

Tim Anderson: 3/G3-
Cesar Hernandez: K
Jose Abreu: 3/F9LSF/FL

Top 4

Yan Gomes: 7/F7
Seth Brown: HR/F7D
Elvis Andrus: 53/G5
Mark Canha: 63/G56

Bot 4

Eloy Jimenez: 8/L8
Yoan Moncada: W
Brian Goodwin: W.1-2
Luis Robert: S8/G6M+.2-H;1-3
Jake Lamb: K
Seby Zavala: 53/G56

Top 5

Starling Marte: 53/G25
Matt Olson: W
Jed Lowrie: 56(1)3/GDP/G56S

Bot 5

Tim Anderson: 63/G6D
Cesar Hernandez: K
Jose Abreu: 63/G6D+

Top 6

Josh Harrison: S8/L8S
Matt Chapman: 6/P5D
Yan Gomes: 8/F8XD+
Stephen Piscotty: K

Bot 6

Eloy Jimenez: 3/P3DF/FL
Yoan Moncada: S9/G3+
Brian Goodwin: W.1-2
Luis Robert: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Jake Lamb: 3/P3S
Seby Zavala: 13/G23-

Top 7

Elvis Andrus: T7/F8XD
Mark Canha: E5/TH/G5S.B-1
Starling Marte: 8/SF/F8D.3-H
Matt Olson: K
Jed Lowrie: SB2
Jed Lowrie: W
Josh Harrison: 43/G34D

Bot 7

Tim Anderson: S7/G56
Cesar Hernandez: K
Jose Abreu: SB2
Jose Abreu: K
Eloy Jimenez: K

Top 8

Matt Chapman: 23/G2
Yan Gomes: S7/L7+
Stephen Piscotty: S9/L9S+.1-2
Mitch Moreland: 3/G3+.2-3;1-2
Mark Canha: 8/F8D

Bot 8

Yoan Moncada: K
Brian Goodwin: S9/L9S
Luis Robert: S7/G56+.1-2
Andrew Vaughn: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Top 9

Starling Marte: K.BX1(23)
Matt Olson: K
Jed Lowrie: K

Notes & reviews

Originally scored as error, change to single on 08-25-2021
Pitcher Lynn ejected by 3B umpire Lentz for throwing his belt at the umpire during inspection for foreign substance; Lynn had already left field

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