Daniel Mengden pitches A’s to 8-1 win over White Sox
The A’s got something Monday night they’d been sorely lacking: A long and effective outing from a starting pitcher not named Sean Manaea.
Daniel Mengden took a shutout into the ninth inning as the A’s beat the Chicago White Sox, 8-1, at the Coliseum. On the heels of Manaea’s gem in Seattle on Sunday, it gave the A’s consecutive wins for the first time this season.
Mengden allowed six hits and held a Chicago lineup that had been idle since last Thursday (due to weather) silent until Jose Abreu’s leadoff home run in the ninth. Mengden, who struck out six and walked one, gave way after 106 pitches to Yusmeiro Petit, who finished the game.