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CHICAGO -- A foul ball turned into a tiebreaking RBI single and the decisive run, leaving the Chicago White Sox thanking Omar Narvaez and instant replay.Narvaez came through in his fifth major league game after the replay challenge, and the White Sox beat Chris Tillman and the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 Saturday night.Its what replay was meant to do, White Sox manager Robin Ventura said.With the bases loaded and nobody out, Narvaez hit a popup to shallow left field off Mychal Givens. Third baseman Manny Machado tried to make an over-the-shoulder catch, but the ball dropped and umpire Mike Winters immediately ruled it foul.I think the umpire got blocked out a little bit by Machado, White Sox center fielder Adam Eaton said.Replays showed the ball hit the foul line . The question was if it hit Machados glove first and, if so, was his glove in fair or foul territory.Orioles manager Buck Showalter said the ball hit Machados glove.Doesnt matter where it hit the ground if it hit his glove, Showalter said. So, Im hoping they felt like they had a replay that was definitive enough that he touched it in fair territory, because we dont have one. Maybe theyve got one.It was ruled fair and pinch-runner J.B. Shuck was awarded home. Narvaez got a single and has hit safely in each of his first five big league games.Hes come up here out of necessity, but hes jumped up pretty quick through our system, Ventura said. His at-bats are the thing that are starting to impress everybody.Eaton added an eighth-inning solo home run, Nate Jones (5-2) got four outs and David Robertson worked around a walk the ninth for his 27th save.Tillman (14-4) allowed two singles to lead off the seventh before he was lifted, failing in his third try to get his 15th win.Not good. Not bad, said Tillman, charged with three runs and seven hits. Made a lot of good pitches when we needed to. A lot of hard contact, a lot of hard outs, both in the air and on the ground.Tyler Saldino also homered and Melky Cabrera added an RBI double for the White Sox, who won for the third time in 10 games.J.J. Hardy drove in both runs for the Orioles, who stayed percentage points ahead of Toronto atop the AL East.The White Sox went up 1-0 on consecutive doubles by Tim Anderson and Cabrera leading off the first. Saladinos liner to left on an 0-1 changeup in the third made it 2-0 as Tillman struggled with his command.The Orioles were unlucky in getting only one run in the fourth. Hardys liner to right-center would have scored two if it didnt bounce into the stands.White Sox starter Carlos Rodon, worked out of a first-inning jam with three strikeouts while hitting 100 mph on the radar gun.Rodon, who struck out five straight early, allowed Hardys sacrifice fly for an unearned run in the sixth aided by Andersons fielding error at shortstop on what could have been a double-play grounder.Rodon allowed five hits, walked two and struck out seven in six innings. He extended his winless streak to nine starts but drew praise.He was really tough, Hardy said. I dont know if it was the shadows or what, but he has really good stuff.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: LHP T.J. McFarland (knee) is expected to begin a rehab assignment Tuesday at Sarasota, Florida.White Sox: A day after he couldnt hold a bat or squeeze his glove, Anderson led off wearing a wrap on his left hand and went 1 for 3. Anderson left Thursdays game when he was hit by a pitch.DAVIS DROPSlumping Orioles slugger Chris Davis was dropped to sixth in the order and went 0 for 2 with two walks. Davis is 6 for 60 since July 17 and hasnt homered since July 10.NO ALVAREZBaltimore DH Pedro Alvarez, who had five homers in three games, wasnt in the lineup against the lefty Rodon.Alvarez pinch hit in the ninth and grounded into a fielders choice.OBSTACLE COURSEWhite Sox 3B Todd Frazier artfully jumped over a skipping broken bat, fielded Nolan Reimolds grounder bare handed and threw to first to end the second inning.UP NEXTOrioles RHP Dylan Bundy (4-3, 3.05 ERA) makes his fifth start Sunday against White Sox RHP James Shields (5-13, 4.92).Tom Glavine Braves Jersey . -- If Henry Burris has his way, he will be the starting quarterback to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats back to the Grey Cup next year. Ender Inciarte Jersey . 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The two collided, leading to one of San Franciscos two three-base errors in the game.It was that type of night and its been that type of series for the banged-up Giants.The Giants made three errors behind starter Jake Peavy, leading to four unearned runs, as they dropped their third straight game in the Bay Bridge series, losing 7-1 to the Oakland Athletics.We just have to clean it up, manager Bruce Bochy said. Thats the one thing we were doing very well, is catching the ball. You deal with the streaks where you have trouble scoring runs but the one thing we should be consistent at is catching the ball. Were a pretty good team defensively and thats gotten away from us.A night after watching the bullpen give up 10 runs in a 13-11 loss, the Giants struggled in the field. Pena made one error, left fielder Angel Pagan dropped a fly ball for another three-base error and third baseman Ruben Tejada dropped a routine foul popup.That led to a rough night for Peavy (4-7), who was fuming on the mound while allowing seven runs -- three earned -- and five hits in 3 1/3 innings.It was certainly a frustrating night just on all fronts, Peavy said. We didnt play our best. Just one of those nights. Not fun to endure.Jed Lowrie and Yonder Alonso each hit two-run homers and Sean Manaea (3-4) came off the disabled list to throw pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings to lead Oakland. The As have won six of seven and will go for a sweep in the two-city series against their cross-bay rivals on Thursday night.We always have this series marked on the calendar, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. Theres always a different intensity to it so you can kind of throw things out when these two teams play.The problems started early for the Giants, who have three starters on the disabled list with second baseman Joe Panik (concussion) joining right fielder Hunter Pence and third baseman Matt Duffy there earlier in the day.Marcus Semiens popup in the third inning turned into a collision between Pena and Williamson. Pena hurt his ankle on the play and will be sidelined for up to a week.Semien then scored on Billy Burns bunt. After Coco Crisp tripled, Lowrie hit a high fly to right field that Williamson ttried to catch at the wall.dddddddddddd But the ball hit his glove and fell over the fence for a two-run homer that put Oakland up 3-0.It would have been a great play if I made it, Williamson said. I felt like it was a play I should have made, especially after botching the routine pop-up.Williamson was also called for interference when he slid past second base in the second inning, turning a potential rally into an inning-ending double play, and hit into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the fourth.Things unraveled for the Giants in the bottom half after Alonsos homer made it 5-0. Semien hit a drive to left-center that Pagan dropped at the wall for another three-base error. Burns followed with an RBI hit that Pagan misplayed into a double.Coco Crisp followed with an RBI single that made it 7-0 and ended Peavys night.BATTING BUMGARNERBochy said he plans to bat Madison Bumgarner instead of a designated hitter Thursday night at the Oakland Coliseum. It will be the first time a team intentionally used a pitcher to hit instead of a DH since the Chicago White Sox allowed Ken Brett to do it in 1976 -- the Rays were forced to bat pitcher Andy Sonnanstine in 2009 because of a lineup card mix-up.Bumgarner is batting .175 this season with two homers and five RBI in 40 at-bats. He has nine homers in 183 at-bats the past three seasons, a rate that would lead to about 36 home runs if he had a full season as a hitter. Bumgarner has even made a public plea to enter into the All-Star Home Run Derby.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: RHP Sergio Romo will (flexor strain) will make rehab appearances Thursday and Friday at Sacramento and then would be scheduled to be activated Sunday.Athletics: OF Khris Davis was scratched from the lineup with a bruised left shoulder after running into the wall Tuesday.UP NEXTGiants: After winning 10 straight games started by Bumgarner (8-4), San Francisco has dropped the last two. Bumgarner gave up three last Saturday to the Phillies, marking the first time since April 15 he allowed more than two earned runs in a start.Athletics: Dillon Overton (1-0) is looking to follow up a win in his major league debut when he pitches the series finale. ' ' '