White Sox Sweep Athletics With 9-1 Rout
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The Chicago White Sox beat the Athletics 9-1 on Sunday, scoring six runs in the first inning and completing a three-game sweep before the All-Star break.
Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, including a three-run homer that finished the opening-inning attack and left Oakland chasing the game almost immediately.
Chicago answered Oakland’s only lead of the series
Shea Langeliers hit a solo home run off Noah Schultz in the top of the first, giving the Athletics a 1-0 advantage three batters into the game.
It was Oakland’s first lead since July 1.
The moment lasted only until Chicago’s first hitter.
Sam Antonacci led off the bottom half with a home run against J.T. Ginn, tying the score before the Athletics recorded an out.
Six of Chicago’s first seven batters reached base.
Kyle Teel delivered a two-run single, and Montgomery then drove a three-run homer over the wall to make it 6-1.
The White Sox had turned Oakland’s rare early advantage into a five-run deficit within the same inning.
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Montgomery drove the offense
Montgomery’s first-inning home run was his third of the season.
He added an RBI single in the fifth, finishing with two hits and four runs driven in.
The switch-hitting rookie became the central figure in a lineup that spread production across several positions.
Teel had two hits and drove in two runs. Miguel Vargas also collected two hits, while Antonacci’s leadoff homer set the tone for the immediate response.
Chicago added three runs in the fifth.
Montgomery singled home the seventh run, Tristan Peters brought in another on a fielder’s choice and Teel scored when Oakland committed a throwing error.
The White Sox did not need another scoring inning.
Their pitching staff had already reduced the game to damage control for the visitors.
Schultz recovered after the first-inning homer
Schultz allowed one run and four hits over five innings.
He struck out four, did not issue a walk and earned his first victory since May 1.
The rookie left-hander had traffic in several innings, including two defensive errors and a hit batter, but did not allow another run after Langeliers’ homer.
That recovery was important.
A six-run lead can tempt a young pitcher to challenge carelessly or lose rhythm during a long offensive inning. Schultz returned to the mound with a different game state and kept Oakland from building any answer.
Jordan Hicks, Seranthony Domínguez and Tyler Schweitzer combined for four scoreless relief innings.
The bullpen allowed two hits and struck out four.
Chicago’s entire staff finished without issuing a walk.
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Ginn could not escape the first inning cleanly
Ginn allowed six of the first seven White Sox hitters to reach base.
He eventually settled and retired nine consecutive batters during a stretch from the second into the fifth, but the game had already been shaped by the opening damage.
Ginn was charged with eight runs on six hits over 4 1/3 innings.
He walked three and struck out seven, falling to 7-6.
The line captured a difficult contradiction.
His strikeout total and middle-inning recovery showed enough quality to work through the order, but the lack of command and hard contact in the first removed any practical chance of a competitive start.
Oakland’s bullpen prevented the score from becoming larger after the fifth, but the offense did not produce another run.
Inning-by-inning score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| White Sox | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 |
The Athletics managed their only run before Chicago came to bat.
After Langeliers’ homer, Oakland did not convert another baserunner into a score.
The White Sox produced all nine runs in two innings, but the first was enough to determine the game.
The sweep carried Chicago into first place
Chicago completed the three-game sweep and entered the All-Star break at 50-45.
The White Sox moved half a game ahead of Cleveland in the American League Central at the time their game ended.
That position represents a sharp change for a franchise that lost at least 100 games in each of the previous three seasons.
Sunday’s win also showed why the improvement is not tied to one established star.
Montgomery, Antonacci, Teel and Schultz are young players contributing in significant roles. The lineup’s first-inning response came from several of them in sequence.
The rebuild still faces a second-half test, but Chicago reached the break with a winning record, a division lead and a sweep built through both pitching and prospect production.
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Oakland’s first half ended with a deeper slide
The Athletics lost their ninth consecutive game and 13th in 14.
They were outscored 40-6 during a six-game road trip through Detroit and Chicago.
The final series was especially damaging.
Oakland lost 14-1 in the opener, 1-0 on Saturday and 9-1 in the finale. The Athletics scored only two runs across the three games.
Sunday briefly offered a different start when Langeliers homered.
Chicago’s six-run response erased it so quickly that the Athletics never had a chance to play from a stable position.
The losing streak is no longer explained by one weak area.
Oakland has struggled to create sustained offense, prevent early damage and protect the pitching performances that do keep games close.
Key player statistics
Chicago White Sox
- Braden Montgomery: 2-for-4, home run, four RBIs
- Kyle Teel: two hits, two RBIs
- Sam Antonacci: leadoff home run
- Miguel Vargas: two hits
- Noah Schultz: five innings, one run, four hits, four strikeouts, no walks
Athletics
- Shea Langeliers: solo home run
- J.T. Ginn: 4 1/3 innings, eight runs, six hits, three walks, seven strikeouts
- Team offense: one run and six hits
The difference was not volume alone.
Chicago clustered hits when the game was most open, while Oakland’s hits arrived without the walks or follow-up contact needed to build an inning.
💭 TheTrendsWire's Take
Oakland finally took a lead and held it for only a few minutes. Chicago’s response—leadoff homer, repeated baserunners and Montgomery’s three-run shot—showed the gap between the teams at the end of the first half. The White Sox converted opportunity immediately; the Athletics spent the rest of the afternoon trying to recover from one inning.
TL;DR
- The White Sox beat the Athletics 9-1.
- Chicago scored six runs in the first inning.
- Braden Montgomery drove in four runs.
- Noah Schultz allowed one run over five innings without a walk.
- Chicago completed a three-game sweep.
- Oakland lost its ninth straight and finished the road trip outscored 40-6.
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