Rookie Basso gets first MLB win, leading A’s past White Sox

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CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Brady Basso pitched five-hit ball into the sixth inning in his first major league victory, and the Oakland Athletics handed the Chicago White Sox their 16th straight home loss with a 2-0 victory Friday night.

Chicago was shut out for the 18th time and finished with six hits. At 33-115, the White Sox are closing in on the record for losses since 1900 – 120 by the 1962 New York Mets in their first season.

Basso (1-0) struck out two and walked one in 5 1/3 innings in his second major league start and fifth appearance overall. He pitched six scoreless innings in a no-decision against Detroit in his previous outing last week.

Zack Gelof hit an RBI double, and Brent Rooker added a run-scoring single. The A’s won for the third time in four games.

Michel Otañez relieved Basso after Bryan Ramos reached on a leadoff walk and Andrew Benintendi singled with one out in the sixth. Tyler Ferguson followed with a 1-2-3 eighth and Mason Miller worked around a single in the ninth for his 25th save.

Garrett Crochet (6-12) worked four innings of one-run ball for Chicago. The All-Star left-hander threw 56 pitches, 38 for strikes as the White Sox continue to manage their workload.

Crochet, who is 0-7 in his last 16 starts, retired 11 of his first 12 batters before Oakland broke through for a run with two outs in the fourth.