OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Avisal Garcia hit a two-run homer, Alexei Ramirez had two hits and two RBIs, and Jeff Samardzija pitched eight strong innings to help the Chicago White Sox beat the Athletics 7-3 Sunday for their first series sweep in Oakland in 18 years.Jose Abreu and Gordon Beckham also drove in runs for the White Sox, who won their sixth straight for their longest winning streak in two years and reached .500 for the first time this season. Chicago has won seven of its last nine. 
Max Muncy hit his first major league home run, a two-run shot in the fourth, as the A's lost their fourth straight and fell to 1-12 in day games. Billy Butler also drove in a run for Oakland.Samardzija (3-2) allowed three runs and eight hits. He walked three and struck out five in his return to Oakland, where he made 16 starts for the A's last year.Scott Kazmir (2-2) left with one out in the fifth after giving up five runs - three earned - and seven hits. He walked three and struck out six.Kazmir's fielding error in the first led to Chicago's first run. Ramirez's two-run single in the fifth ticked off Kazmir's glove and deflected into left field.The A's committed four errors, increasing their major-league lead to 42. They have made at least one error in each of their last 14 games, 21 overall, the club's longest streak since a 17-game span in May of 1982.The errors have led to 29 unearned runs, most in the majors.Garcia hit his fourth home run of the year off A's closer Tyler Clippard in the ninth.
Max Muncy hit his first major league home run, a two-run shot in the fourth, as the A's lost their fourth straight and fell to 1-12 in day games. Billy Butler also drove in a run for Oakland.Samardzija (3-2) allowed three runs and eight hits. He walked three and struck out five in his return to Oakland, where he made 16 starts for the A's last year.Scott Kazmir (2-2) left with one out in the fifth after giving up five runs - three earned - and seven hits. He walked three and struck out six.Kazmir's fielding error in the first led to Chicago's first run. Ramirez's two-run single in the fifth ticked off Kazmir's glove and deflected into left field.The A's committed four errors, increasing their major-league lead to 42. They have made at least one error in each of their last 14 games, 21 overall, the club's longest streak since a 17-game span in May of 1982.The errors have led to 29 unearned runs, most in the majors.Garcia hit his fourth home run of the year off A's closer Tyler Clippard in the ninth.
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