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All-around effort powers Oakland as A's hammer White Sox

Associated Press

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

CHICAGO -- Five days after becoming an instant South Side star by shutting out the crosstown rival Cubs for seven innings, Carlos Torres was just another frustrated player on the off-and-on Chicago White Sox. Torres recorded only two outs -- the shortest outing by a Sox starter in more than six years -- while giving up consecutive home runs to Jack Cust and Mark Ellis in Tuesday night's 11-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics. Chicago, which trails Detroit by 7 1/2 games in the AL Central, had just ...

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