CHICAGO (Interstat) — Erick Fedde pitched four innings of two-hit ball, Grant Taylor worked 1 2/3 innings of hitless relief for his fourth save and the Chicago White Sox edged the Athletics 1-0 on Saturday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field.

The White Sox won their second straight game against the Athletics, improving to 49-45 on the season. The Athletics dropped to 41-54, their 10th loss in 11 games. The lone run came in the sixth inning when Chase Meidroth doubled home Colson Montgomery, who had walked.

Fedde, who entered with a 4-6 record, threw 4 innings, allowed two hits, struck out three and walked one. He lowered his ERA to 3.52. Gage Jump took the loss for Oakland, falling to 3-4. Jump pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run on five hits while striking out seven and walking two. Taylor closed the game with a perfect ninth, striking out two.

The game was a pitcher’s duel from the start. Neither team generated much offense in the early frames. The Athletics managed only four hits overall, while the White Sox collected five.

Athletics starter Gage Jump retired the first three batters of the game, and Fedde matched him with a 1-2-3 bottom of the first. In the top of the second, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer singled to center for Oakland’s first hit. Lawrence Butler walked, putting runners at first and second with one out. Carlos Cortes flied to right, and the throw from Braden Montgomery allowed Butler to advance to second on an error, but Jeff McNeil flied out to left to end the inning.

The White Sox broke through in the bottom of the sixth. With one out, Montgomery walked. Meidroth followed with a double to left field, scoring Montgomery from first and giving Chicago a 1-0 lead. Braden Montgomery was then hit by a pitch, and Luisangel Acuña struck out to end the inning, but the damage was done.

Oakland threatened in the top of the seventh. Kuroda-Grauer doubled to left, and Butler walked again, putting runners at first and second with nobody out. Colby Thomas popped out on the infield fly rule. Alika Williams then lined out to right field on a play that was overturned on a challenge, but the Athletics still had runners at first and second. Henry Bolte struck out swinging to end the inning.

The Athletics mounted another threat in the eighth. Jacob Wilson tripled to right field for his second hit of the game, putting the tying run at third with no outs. But Tyler Soderstrom grounded out shortstop to first, Shea Langeliers struck out for the third time, and Jonah Heim grounded out to shortstop to end the inning.

In the ninth, Sean Newcomb, who had relieved Fedde in the fifth, got the first out. Taylor then entered and retired Lawrence Butler on a grounder. Colby Thomas struck out on a foul tip, and Alika Williams lined out to shortstop to end the game.

The White Sox bullpen combined for 5 innings of two-hit, scoreless relief. Newcomb pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowing one hit and striking out one. Taylor’s save was his fourth of the season.

The game lasted 2 hours, 16 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 22,742.

For the Athletics, Jacob Wilson tripled and singled, while Joshua Kuroda-Grauer doubled and singled. Lawrence Butler walked twice. The Athletics left seven runners on base.

For the White Sox, Luisangel Acuña went 2 for 3 with a double, and Chase Meidroth went 2 for 3 with a double and the game’s only RBI. Randal Grichuk doubled, but the White Sox were held to five hits.

The victory gave Chicago a series win after a 14-1 blowout on Friday. The Athletics have lost 10 of 11 games, including the previous four on their road trip.

The two teams conclude the three-game series Sunday afternoon.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Chicago White Sox 4, Athletics 1. Interstat’s ELO system had given Chicago a 55.30 percent probability to win. The Athletics had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of 1 run went over the over-under line of 9.5.