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Wednesday, Mar. 21 3:05pm ET
Oakland 13, Chicago 10 | |||||
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PHOENIX (AP) _ Jason Giambi, still haggling with the Athletics over the final details of a long-term contract, had three doubles and two RBIs to lead Oakland to a 13-10 win Wednesday over the Chicago White Sox _ the A's ninth straight victory. Giambi, last year's AL MVP, is close to signing a six-year, $91 million deal. His current contract runs out at the end of this season. The negotiations have been snagged in recent days on Giambi's desire for either a no-trade clause or adding a seventh year to the contract. His agent, Arm Tellem, is expected in Phoenix within the next few days to try to wrap up the deal. Giambi's double into the right-center gap came in a three-run third that also included an RBI double by Eric Chavez. Giambi also doubled in the fourth and sixth innings. Miguel Tejada hit his third homer of the spring, a solo shot, and Jose Ortiz had a two-run single for Oakland in the fourth. Adam Piatt had a two-run single in the fifth and hit his second homer of the spring, also a solo shot, to cap a five-run sixth that also included a two-run single by Tejada and a two-run double by Terrence Long. Jose Valentin hit his first homer of the spring in the third for the White Sox, who also got an RBI single in that inning from Magglio Ordonez. Herbert Perry hit his second homer of the spring, a two-run shot in the sixth. Paul Konerko's third homer of the spring led off a four-run eighth for the White Sox, who also got an RBI triple from Tony Graffanino in that inning. Graffanino added a two-run homer in the ninth. Johnny Damon, obtained by Oakland this winter from Kansas City to try to add speed to a lineup that relied almost entirely on power last season, returned to the A's lineup after missing three games with a sore right shoulder. He went 1-for-4, with a double off the right-field wall, and scored a run. Chicago starter Jon Garland allowed eight runs on 12 hits in 4 1-3 innings, and Lorenzo Barcelo also struggled _ giving up five runs in one inning immediately after Garland. Omar Olivares, trying to lock up the fifth starting spot on the A's, allowed two runs on seven hits in five innings. Mark Guthrie, whose hopes for that fifth starting spot are fading, allowed six runs on eight hits in 2 2-3 innings.
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