Nick Martini’s first ML hit makes A’s winners despite iffy baserunning

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CHICAGO - After some poor base-running complicated matters for Oakland on Saturday, one of the previous offenders turned in a textbook dash home with what proved to be the game-winning run.

With two outs in the eighth inning, Stephen Piscotty - who had run into the final out of the sixth - sprinted in on Nick Martini’s first big-league hit and got his foot in just ahead of the throw to the plate to give the A’s the lead in an eventual 7-6 win over the White Sox. Piscotty jumped up, pumped his fits and yelled in jubilation.

Martini, who is from the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake, was called up earlier in the…