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CHICAGO -- Backed by enough runs and some nifty defense, Jose Quintana finally reached a personal milestone hes been craving.Quintana pitched into the eighth inning to earn a career-best 10th win and Jose Abreu homered for the second straight game to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.This was really special for me, Quintana said. When the year started, (winning 10) was my first goal.All my guys, teammates, celebrated with me.Todd Frazier had three hits and drove in two runs, and Justin Morneau added an RBI double in Chicagos three-run first as the White Sox took the final two games of the series and handed Oakland its seventh loss in eight games. Tim Anderson also had three hits.Khris Davis hit his 32nd homer, a two-run shot , off Quintana (10-9) who finished with nine wins in each of the previous three seasons. The left-hander allowed struck out six and walked one in this one while allowing eight hits, and improved to 5-1 with a 2.25 ERA in his last nine starts.Frazier said the normally reserved Quintana was just yelling and screaming like a little kid when the White Sox re-entered their clubhouse.He deserves it, Frazier said. Sometimes you gotta get like that in this game.Quintana, who entered with a run support average of 3.31 per nine innings pitched -- second lowest in the AL -- got more help than usual from his teammates, both offensively and defensively. Center fielder J.B. Shuck made two great catches, including a running grab of Ryon Healys hard-hit line drive with two outs in the first and runners on second and third.The White Sox staked Quintana to a 3-0 lead in the bottom half.It helps a lot... with the lack of run support hes had over a period of time, manager Robin Ventura said. After that point, he was pretty strong.Quintana got two quick strikes on Jake Smolinski to lead off the eighth, but walked him and then was replaced by Nate Jones. After Jones tossed a scoreless inning, David Robertson go the last three outs for his 32nd save in 38 chances.Zach Neal (2-3) allowed four runs on eight hits in 4 2/3 innings as he started in place of Jesse Hahn, who had been expected to come off the disabled list. Hahn suffered discomfort in his strained right shoulder in a bullpen session on Friday and will need another rehab game before rejoining the Athletics rotation.Oaklands Marcus Semien had two doubles and Smolinski singled twice, but the As dropped to 1-5 on a nine-game road trip.They (White Sox) did a lot of great work, especially in the outfield taking away extra-base hits -- multiple ones -- the last couple of games, manager Bob Melvin said.With two outs in the first, Morneau doubled in the first run, then Fraziers single drove in two more.After Semien led off the fourth with his second double of game, Davis followed with his homer deep to right center to cut it to 3-2. Shuck made a another great catch, this time diving to grab Brett Eibners sinking liner , for the second out.Abreu led off the bottom half with his 16th homer to make it 4-2.FIRST HITOaklands Chad Pinder, who went 0 for 4 in major league debut Saturday, was back in the lineup at second base and got an infield single in the seventh for his first hit . The As second-round pick in 2013, Pinder is the 46th player to appear in a game for Oakland this season.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: DH Billy Butler sat out with a stomach illness for the second day. ... LHP Sean Doolittle, on the DL since June 26 (strained left shoulder), will have his rehab assignment at Triple-A Nashville extended a few more days. ... RHP Henderson Alvarez, out all season as recovers from shoulder surgery, threw 25 pitches in a bullpen session on Sunday and will be re-evaluated on Monday.White Sox: INF Tyler Saladino (back) didnt start for a third game for what manager Robin Ventura called precautionary reasons, but is expected to return Tuesday. ... 2B Brett Lawrie (hamstring, quadriceps) left Double-A Birminghams game on Saturday after four innings after sitting out two games. Ventura said Lawrie needs to show he can go longer in a game before returning.UP NEXTAthletics: RHP Andrew Triggs (0-1, 4.98) faces RHP Carlos Carrasco (8-6, 3.34) as the As open a three game series at Cleveland.White Sox: Following a day off on Monday, LHP Carlos Rodon (3-8, 4.26) takes the mound against Jake Thompson (1-2, 8.79) when Chicago hosts the Phillies in the first of a two-game set. Rodon is 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA and 16 strikeouts in his last three starts after a stint on DL (sprained left wrist). 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Yet, the fact they do so against Pakistan, a team virtually homeless since 2009, makes for a striking contrast.Pakistan have played 151 Tests in their country but none since the Lahore Test in 2009, which was abandoned after the attack on the Sri Lanka team bus. Their nomadic lifestyle since has been much-storied not least earlier in this series after their stunning victory at Lords.Misbah-ul-Haq rarely gives much away the day before a Test. When asked if he knew his team for Edgbaston he said we are sure, no doubts but refused to elaborate further. Keep them guessing, he said with a grin.Yet when a question came about Englands milestone match at home and the stark difference in Pakistans situation he became very animated, almost impassioned as he spoke about the risks to cricket in his homeland.He fears for the next generation, with children being drawn away from the sport. That, of course, is not only a situation for Pakistan, but a vast number of countries trying to keep the young active. However, Pakistan has the added difficulty of so much international cricket being lost to the country. The players can be watched on television, but creating heroes, as Misbah termed it, is so much more difficult with the continual distance.The interest of the youth is really losing out to other sports. Its one area where you can say we are really unlucky and we want international cricket back in Pakistan, just to help our youngsters and just to help cricket in Pakistan, he said.If you are not watching the heroes and the top stars in the world in the grounds and you are not meeting them… That could be a big attraction for them to play cricket. Without that, its really difficult for the Pakistan Cricket Board and it can really hurt them financially also.From a cricket point of view, there is talk of trying to bring the PSL finals to Pakistan and, as so often, Misbah was asked about the chances of touring sides returning. Sadly, that still feels a long way off for most opposition despite continual hopefful talk of tours resuming and Zimbabwe going for their limited-overs trip last year.ddddddddddddhe knock-on effect of the challenge of engaging younger generations is encouraging them to play the game. This current Pakistan team are doing their best to be a side to inspire, but Misbah is concerned about the games breeding ground.It can really hurt your overall development as a cricketing nation. Your youth can really be inspired if you are playing internationally back at home, Misbah said. Obviously, you can build more infrastructure and people read more about cricket.At school level, club level, the activity has just dropped a little bit because of that. You can see wherever the World Cups are, or international events, the whole scenario changes, its like a fever in that country for that sport. Thats what we have been really missing.We need more sports atmosphere in Pakistan. We must understand that even in our schools, our colleges and our homes, how important sports is for a kid.It was telling, also, that Misbah has been so enthused by the crowds that have watched this series. Even though Old Trafford was not a sellout, and the first two days at Edgbaston are not full, it is still a world away from the empty, rattling stadiums that often greet them in the UAE.Its always good to play in an atmosphere like that, he said. This is why you play cricket or any sport, that people are there to enjoy and cheer. Sometimes that really helps you to perform and show your skills to everyone.As for the previous two Test matches, Ive really enjoyed the atmosphere. Its really good to play Test cricket here. We are not used to that, we normally have such huge crowds in the one-day and T20 games but not Tests. Thats really good to have in Test cricket.One day, hopefully, fans in Pakistan will have a chance to cheer their team at home on a regular basis. Right now, all this side can do is try to inspire from afar by bouncing back from their heavy Old Trafford defeat and reprise the scenes of Lords. ' ' '