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A's still hard on the White Sox
The White Sox lost their 14th game in their last 15 at Oakland despite seven innings from Jon Garland and Magglio Ordonez's ninth homer of the season in the seventh inning.
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Rich Harden was perfect through his first four innings on Thursday. (Susan Ragan/AP)
The A's, who have the best record in the Majors after the All-Star break since 2000, beat the White Sox behind eight strong innings from Rich Harden and Eric Chavez's 14th homer.
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Chi White Sox (46-39)
Lost 1
Oakland 4, Chi White Sox 2  
Oakland (48-39)
Won 1
July 15, 2004
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Chi White Sox
0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0   2 4 1
Oakland
0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 X   4 6 0
Standings through 7/15/04  |  Gameday  |  White Sox Stats  |  Athletics Stats
Chi. White SoxABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Harris, 2B2100210.269
Perez, CF4000012.256
Ordonez, DH4112011.301
Lee, LF4010001.290
Valentin, SS3010001.255
Konerko, 1B3000002.293
Borchard, RF3000010.111
Crede, 3B3010000.242
Alomar, C3000001.261
Totals29242248 

BATTING
HR: Ordonez (9, 7th inning off Harden, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Ordonez 4; Lee; Valentin; Crede.
RBI: Ordonez 2 (37).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lee.
GIDP: Konerko, Alomar.
Team LOB: 2.

FIELDING
E: Perez (1, throw).
DP: (Garland-Valentin-Konerko).

 
OaklandABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Kotsay, CF4010002.317
McLemore, 2B4000002.257
Chavez, 3B2111200.264
Dye, RF4010012.285
Hatteberg, 1B3100102.298
Durazo, DH3110100.311
Crosby, SS4111001.265
Miller, C2000110.295
Byrnes, LF3011002.279
Totals294635211 

BATTING
2B: Kotsay (18, Garland), Crosby (20, Garland).
HR: Chavez (14, 5th inning off Garland, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Kotsay 2; Chavez 4; Dye; Durazo; Crosby 2; Byrnes.
RBI: Crosby (36), Byrnes (34), Chavez (38).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hatteberg, Dye, McLemore.
GIDP: Crosby.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Harden-Crosby-Hatteberg, Chavez-McLemore-Hatteberg).

 
Chi. White SoxIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Garland (L, 7-6)7.06435214.38
Marte 1.00000002.40
 
OaklandIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Harden (W, 4-5)8.04221314.33
Dotel (S, 17)1.00001104.21

Pitches-strikes: Garland 113-70, Marte 8-5, Harden 95-63, Dotel 21-12.
Ground outs-fly outs: Garland 13-6, Marte 0-3, Harden 15-6, Dotel 0-2.
Batters faced: Garland 31, Marte 3, Harden 27, Dotel 4.
Umpires: HP: Mark Wegner. 1B: Larry Young. 2B: Rob Drake. 3B: Angel Hernandez.
Weather: 71 degrees, clear.
Wind: 10 mph, L to R.
T: 2:02.
Att: 15,414.

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