Ramirez's homer in 10th lifts White Sox over A's

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Alexei Ramirez led off the 10th inning with a home run and the Chicago White Sox overcame blowing a six-run lead with an 8-7 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.

Ramirez hit an 0-2 pitch from Craig Breslow (4-4) over the fence in left field to lift Chicago to just its fourth win in its last 16 road games.

The White Sox, who led 6-0 after two innings, committed two errors and overcame another rough outing by starter Jose Contreras.

Ramon Castro homered for Chicago, while Jermaine Dye added two hits and three RBIs.

Scott Hairston homered for the A's, who lost for the fourth time in their last 11 games.

Octavio Dotel (2-3), the fourth White Sox pitcher, struck out the side in the eighth in his only inning to get the win. Bobby Jenks gave up two hits in the ninth then held on for his 24th save in 28 chances.

Oakland's Brett Anderson, who had a 23-inning scoreless streak earlier this season, gave up three straight singles to start the game and fell behind 2-0 in the first. He gave up four runs in the second when Chicago batted around.

Castro's two-run homer highlighted the inning for the White Sox while Dye added a two-run single as Chicago took a 6-0 lead.

But Contreras couldn't hold it.

The struggling right-hander cruised through the first three innings before the wheels came off in the fourth when Oakland scored five runs. Hairston homered leading off, Mark Ellis added a bases-loaded double to drive in three runs and Cliff Pennington added an RBI single that cut Chicago's lead to 6-5.

The A's scored twice in the fifth to take their first lead and chase the 37-year-old, who could be headed to the bullpen after his latest rough outing. Chicago manager Ozzie Guillen mentioned before the game the White Sox were considering that as an option, and Conteras certainly didn't help his cause to stay in the rotation after giving up seven runs, six earned, in 4 1-3 innings.

NOTES: Over his last six starts Contreras is 0-4 with two no-decisions and a 7.63 ERA. ... Hairston's home run was his 15th of the season and fifth since joining the A's in a trade with San Diego on July 5. ... Oakland's Rajai Davis stole second base in the fifth inning, marking 10 straight games in which the A's have had at least one steal. It's their longest streak since 1988. ... Chicago RHP Jake Peavy pitched three shutout innings in the minors on Thursday but Guillen says the White Sox will continue to take a cautious approach. Peavy, acquired in a trade with San Diego on July 31, hasn't pitched in the majors since June 8. ... Chicago placed IF Chris Getz on the 15-day DL with a strained right oblique muscle and called up IF Brent Lillibridge from Triple-A Charlotte.