José Abreu and Eloy Jiménez homered, Dylan Cease pitched six solid innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Sunday.
Abreu and Leury Garcia each had two hits for the White Sox, who have won 10 of their last 15 games and are back above the .500 average. Chicago, the preseason favorite to win the AL Central, entered the matchup three games behind first-place Minnesota.
Liam Hendriks overcame a double by Ramon Laureano in the ninth to earn his 20th save in 23 chances.
Cease (11-4) allowed one run on four hits, struck out seven and walked one. The right-hander has won four straight starts and hasn’t allowed more than one earned run in each of his last 12 starts.
For the White Sox, Cuban José Abreu 4-2 with a run scored and an RBI. Dominicans Eloy Jiménez 3-1 with a run scored and an RBI, Leury Garcia 3-2 with a run scored and an RBI.
For the Athletics, the Dominican Ramón Laureano 3-2 with a run scored and an RBI. The Venezuelan Elvis Andrus 4-0.
