Athletics, facing White Sox, pursue rare winning streak

The Oakland Athletics will look for their first winning streak in more than two weeks when they oppose the visiting Chicago White Sox in the second contest of a three-game series on Saturday.

Oakland took the opener 7-4 on Friday, just its third victory in 15 games since winning seven in a row from June 6-13.

The latest win featured an unusual dugout conference between A's manager Mark Kotsay and his starting pitcher, L