Buehrle, Sox take rubber match from A’s.

OAKLAND—Mark Buehrle and the White Sox made it a worthwhile visit to the Coliseum. Alexi Ramirez had three hits, including a home run off the previously unbeaten Trevor Cahill, in leading Buehrle and the White Sox over the Oakland Athletics 4-3 Sunday.Buehrle (3-3) won for only the second time in 15 appearances at Oakland. The White Sox went 6-3 on their road trip, winning all three series.Cahill (6-1) gave up four runs, just two of them earned, and a season-high 10 hits in seven innings.Ramirez drove in two runs and Omar Vizquel had two hits.Daric Barton drove in two runs and Coco Crisp homered for the A’s, who have lost three of their last four.Buehrle gave up three runs, seven hits and struck out a season-best six.Sergio Santos pitched the ninth for his fifth consecutive save, extending his scoreless streak to 19 innings.It was anything but routine, though. He walked Cliff Pennington to lead off the inning and walked pinch-hitter Hideki Matsui with two outs before Josh Willingham grounded out.Ramirez hit Cahill’s first pitch of the fourth inning over the left-field fence.Crisp tied the game with a solo shot in the fifth after Carlos Quentin put the White Sox ahead for good with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.The Sox added two unearned runs in the seventh, when Cahill threw wildly at first on Vizquel’s sacrifice bunt, allowing Alex Rios to score. Ramirez added an RBI single.Barton hit a two-run single in the seventh…..The A’s turned a season-high four double plays, including a 9-3 and a 4-3-6-3.

NOTES—Vizquel moved past George Sisler on the hits list into 46th with 2,813…..Paul Konerko’s fourth-inning single extended his hitting streak to eight games…..The White Sox are the only team to score more than one run against Cahill. They also scored four against him in a game at Chicago…..The last time the A’s turned four or more double plays was Aug. 2, when they had five against Kansas City, also with Cahill on the mound…..A’s closer Andrew Bailey will pitch Tuesday but the venue has yet to be decided…..A’s LHP Dallas Braden’s flight was canceled. He will fly to New York on Monday for shoulder surgery, which will be postponed at least one day.