Floyd shuts down A's to earn 10th win, lift ChiSox

 
Gavin Floyd pitched 7 1-3 scoreless innings to get his 10th victory and Nick Swisher, Brian Anderson and Alexei Ramirez homered in the Chicago White Sox's 6-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night. [link]

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