Sox kick Oakland’s A’s

GLENDALE—Carlos Quentin had four hits, including a homer, and drove in four runs Friday to power the White Sox to an 18-1 rout of the Oakland Athletics.Quentin singled and doubled twice, but he wasn’t the only White Sox hitter who had a big day. Paul Konerko homered and drove in three runs, and Gordon Beckham had three hits, three RBIs and scored four runs. Tyler Flowers added a two-run homer in the eighth.John Danks pitched six solid innings, yielding four hits and a run. He had four strikeouts and no walks – control had been a problem for him this spring.Oakland starter Bobby Cramer gave up eight runs and nine hits over three innings. Josh Willingham had an RBI single in the first for the A’s.