So light up Ben Sheets, beat A’s 9-5.

PHOENIX—Ben Sheets still looks like a pitcher who hasn’t worked in nearly a year and a half.His command isn’t quite there and his fastball velocity is slightly down. Oakland’s new $10 million ace still considered his short outing in a 9-5 loss Wednesday over the White Sox a step in the right directionSheets, who missed all of 2009 recovering from elbow surgery, allowed six runs – five earned – on five hits with a walk in 2 2-3 innings of his second spring start.The Athletics got a big lift from Eric Chavez, who hit his first two home runs of the spring – including a two-run shot in the first off winning pitcher Daniel Hudson.