Elvis Andrus connected for a three-run homer against the team that cut him last month, and the White Sox got 20 hits as they beat the A's.
A's starter Adrián Martínez was tagged for 14 hits in just 3 2/3 innings. The Athletics lost their fifth in a row.
Andrus signed with Chicago after the A's released him in mid-August and returned to haunt his former team. He is 6 for 15 with two home runs through the first three games of the series.Lynn allowed two unearned runs and three hits in six innings. The 35-year-old struck out five, walked one and improved to 4-0 with a 1.19 ERA and 46 strikeouts in his last five starts.
Martínez gave up seven runs. He fell to the ground after being struck in his left shoulder by a line drive off Gavin Sheets' bat in the second, got the out to end the inning and stayed in the game. Andrus' three-run homer in the second highlighted a four-run inning. Vaughn's two-out, two-run double capped a three-run fourth that made it 7-0.The A's hit the 90-loss plateau for the ninth time in Oakland history with their ninth in 10 games. They'll need to win 13 of their last 22 to avoid the team's second 100-loss season in Oakland.Andrus is among five White Sox players who returned to their old stomping grounds for this series.
Both starting pitchers appeared to suffer injuries early on, but both stayed in the game. Lynn seemed to hurt his leg in the first inning sprinting to cover first on Vimael Machín's grounder. Martínez was hit the next inning.White Sox RHP Johnny Cueto is 2-0 with a 2.06 ERA in in five career starts against Oakland. A's LHP Cole Irvin is 1-2 with a 7.45 ERA over his last five starts after going 5-3 with a 1.88 ERA in his previous seven.
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