CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox had their seven-game win streak snapped Thursday. Justin Duchscherer pitched seven solid innings, Jack Cust and Donnie Murphy homered and the Oakland Athletics beat Chicago 3-2.
Javier Vazquez took the loss despite pitching his first complete game in nearly a year and retiring the first 11 batters.
Chicago took a 2-0 lead in the first on a leadoff homer by DeWayne Wise and an RBI double by Jermaine Dye, before
Duchscherer settled down. Oakland, which had lost four of five, broke through in the fourth when Cust tied it with a two-run homer, and Murphy made it 3-2 with a solo drive in the fifth. That was enough for Duchscherer, the major-league leader with a 1.96 ERA.
T
he two teams play again tonight. Joe Blanton will start for the A's against Mark Buehrle.
