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* The Athletics won five of the nine meetings between these teams last season and will be looking to extend their winning streak against the White Sox to five in a row. * Oakland’s five-game winning streak was snapped in its loss to Cleveland on Sunday. * Chicago has posted shutouts in each of its last two games, including an 11-0 win over the Tigers yesterday. * Mark Buehrle is 1-4 with a 4.13 ERA in his last eight starts against Oakland. * Greg Smith will be making his second career start. Smith pitched six innings in his ML debut last Wednesday, allowing three runs and two hits in six innings as Oakland beat Toronto 6-3. * Nick Swisher will be facing his former team for the first time. Swisher spent four seasons with Oakland before being traded to the White Sox in January.

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