Flowers' 2 home runs carry Sox over A's

The White Sox are taking a look at a lot of young players over the final month of the season, and they're losing a lot of games.

Coincidence?

"We're still trying to go out and win games, but you understand it's September and you have young guys and you want to have them to play and see what they can do," manager Robin Ventura said. "But you still want to win games. It's always important."

It looked like the Sox were headed for their fifth straight loss in Monday night's game against Oakland at U.S. Cellular Field, but Tyler Flowers homered off Eric O'Flaherty on a 2-2 pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at 4.

In the 12th inning, Flowers went deep again, and his solo home run off Jesse Chavez sparked a 5-4 win.

The White Sox (64-79) had lost four in a row and 14 of their last 18.

The Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first inning without getting a hit. They drew a pair of walks off Athletics starter Sonny Gray and also capitalized on a wild pitch and first baseman Brandon Moss' error.

The A's took a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning when Josh Reddick hit a 2-run homer off White Sox starter Hector Noesi and Jed Lowrie followed with a solo shot.

Alexei Ramirez pulled the Sox even with a solo home run in the sixth, but Oakland took the lead in the eighth inning with the help of some poor fielding from left fielder Dayan Viciedo and first baseman Andy Wilkins.

Check back later for more details on Adam Dunn's return to the Cell just over a week after being traded from the White Sox to the A's. Dunn was 1-for-5 with 2 strikeouts.