{"id":613399,"date":"2026-04-19T00:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613399\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:12:08","slug":"athletics-7-6-white-sox-apr-18-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613399\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics 7-6 White Sox (Apr 18, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — \u2014 Max Muncy<\/a> drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning to lift the Athletics to a 7-6 win over the Chicago White Sox<\/a> on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Muncy\u2019s fly to left field scored <\/a>Jacob Wilson<\/a>, who began the inning as the automatic runner at second base and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Denzel Clarke<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jack Perkins<\/a> (2-0) struck out three and gave up one hit in 2 1\/3 innings of scoreless relief.<\/p>\n

Chicago scored five runs in the second inning on Colson Montgomery<\/a>‘s homer on the first pitch of the inning, Reese McGuire<\/a>‘s RBI single and Andrew Benintendi<\/a>‘s three-run shot.<\/p>\n

The Athletics answered with Wilson’s second home run of the season in the bottom of the inning. Jeff McNeil<\/a> added a sacrifice fly in the third and Tyler Soderstrom<\/a> drove in a run with a single in the fifth.<\/p>\n

Munetaka Murakami<\/a> extended Chicago\u2019s lead to 6-4 with a solo homer in the seventh. The Athletics drew even at 6-all in the bottom half of the inning when Nick Kurtz<\/a> hit a two-run homer to right field with a 115.3 mph exit velocity.<\/p>\n

Lucas Sims<\/a> (0-2) gave up the winning run.<\/p>\n

Chicago stranded 14 runners and went 3 for 17 with runners in scoring position. The White Sox also loaded the bases in the ninth but failed to score.<\/p>\n

Wilson finished with two hits and scored twice, while Kurtz had two hits, two RBI and three walks. The Athletics totaled 10 hits and drew 10 walks.<\/p>\n

Prior to the game, the White Sox claimed right-hander Osvaldo Bido off waivers from Atlanta and transferred right-hander Prelander Berroa<\/a> to the 60-day injured list.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Chicago LHP Noah Schultz<\/a> (0-1, 6.23 ERA) and Athletics’ LHP Jeffrey Springs<\/a> (3-0, 1.46 ERA) duel in Sunday\u2019s series finale.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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