Gray, Oakland's potential trade chip, faces White Sox

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Sonny Gray could be making his final home start for the Oakland Athletics when he faces the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday in the finale of a three-game series.

Gray will duel White Sox right-hander Mike Pelfrey, himself a former highly regarded prospect who has bounced around a bit in his career.

The teams split the first two games of the series, with the A's drawing even on 21-year-old Franklin Barreto's walk-off home run with one out in the ninth inning of a 7-6 win Tuesday.

White Sox manager Rick Renteria boarded the bus back to the hotel proud of his team's effort nonetheless.

"I didn't see that coming at all," he said of Barreto's homer, "so tip your cap to the kid over…