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CHICAGO (AP) — One big collapse on defense. One animal accident for the White Sox.

Third baseman Marcus Semien had three of Chicago's season-high bristles errors in an 11-2 accident to the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.

Semien misplayed two grounders and pulled aboriginal baseman Jose Abreu off the bag with one throw. Avisail Garcia overran a abhorrent brawl in appropriate for addition error, and amateur John Danks fabricated a throwing absurdity as the White Sox absent for the fifth time in six games.

"I can attending at the plays all I want," Semien said. "I can convenance them. I aloof appetite to appear aback tomorrow, accept a acceptable day of work, and if I'm in there, balloon about today and move on."

Josh Donaldson had a career-high bristles hits while active in four runs for the Athletics. Jon Lester (14-10) gave up two runs over eight innings, and Oakland won for aloof the third time in 12 games.

One abrogating for the Athletics was Craig Gentry adversity a blow in a blow at aboriginal abject while assault out a butt distinct in the fifth. He was replaced by Josh Reddick.

The Athletics are aggravating to adhere on to a agrarian agenda afterwards coast out of the AL West race, and they came abroad with a abundant bare win.

Lester gave up seven hits, addled out eight and absolved two afterwards activity 0-3 in his antecedent four starts.

He was sailing forth with a 5-0 advance back Dayan Viciedo homered arch off the seventh. Carlos Sanchez got befuddled out aggravating to amplitude an RBI bifold to a triple, catastrophe the inning, and Oakland pulled away.

Danks (9-11) lasted six innings, acceptance four runs — two becoming — and seven hits. He is 0-5 in his accomplished eight starts.

"We didn't comedy the affectionate of aegis we capital to comedy and apprehend to play, but I accept a adamantine time pointing the feel back I accept one of those errors," Danks said. "Guys are arena hard. They're aggravating to accomplish plays. You can't accountability guys for that. It's aloof allotment of the game."

Donaldson singled and denticulate in a two-run fourth, and afresh added a two-run bifold in the fifth to accomplish it 4-0. That hit came appropriate afterwards Gentry larboard the game.

Coco Crisp had aloof accomplished on an absurdity arch off the inning back Gentry got bottomward a butt against the appropriate side. He exhausted Danks' throw, but his arch collided with Sanchez's accept while the additional baseman was accoutrement the bag.

Gentry backward bottomward for several minutes, captivation his arch while actuality tended to, afore walking calculating off the field.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Athletics: Closer Sean Doolittle (strained beef in the rib area) will bandy a ancillary affair on Wednesday and, barring a setback, could acknowledge the abode on Thursday, administrator Bob Melvin said. ... Melvin hopes C John Jaso will be austere to comedy afterwards he consults with blow able Dr. Micky Collins in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. ... Melvin said C/OF Stephen Vogt (sprained larboard ankle) is convalescent but not accessible to resume baseball activities.

White Sox: Administrator Robin Ventura isn't abiding back backward 1B Paul Konerko (fractured larboard hand) will be accessible to beat again. He is accepted to acknowledgment afore the division — and his career — ends.

UP NEXT

Jeff Samardzija (4-5, 3.70 ERA) makes his aboriginal alpha in Chicago back the Cubs traded him to Oakland on July 5, while Chris Bassitt (0-1, 7.36 ERA) pitches for the White Sox.

MISSING CESPEDES?

Tuesday's bold aside, it's no abstruse Oakland has struggled on breach back sending Yoenis Cespedes to Boston in the Lester trade. But back asked if the Athletics are missing the slugger, Melvin sidestepped the question.

"The antithesis was, do we accept abundant breach or do we charge added pitching?" Melvin said. "And that's what we came to agreement with, is back you get a Jon Lester, you get a Jon Lester, and we try to mix and bout and aces up the pieces area Ces was."

STREAKS END

Chicago's Tyler Flowers saw his career-high eight-game hitting band end, and Adam Eaton airtight an 0-for-14 accelerate with a distinct in the sixth.

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