CHICAGO >> The White Sox won back-to-back games for the first time in nearly three months, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Sunday behind home runs from Gavin Sheets and Bryan Ramos to end a streak of 20 consecutive series losses.

A day after scoring in the ninth to win 7-6 and stop a 16-game home losing streak, the White Sox took a 3-0 first-inning lead and strung together wins for the first time since three in a row against Atlanta and Colorado from June 27-29. Chicago hadn’t won a series since taking two of three from the Rockies.

Chicago is 35-115 with 12 games left and is trying to avoid the post-1900 record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets. The White Sox are 20-58 at home, one shy of the post-1900 mark for home losses shared by the 1939 St. Louis Browns and 2019 Detroit Tigers.

Brent Rooker and Shea Langeliers homered for the Athletics (65-85). J.J. Bleday and Nick Allen each had two hits.

College football

San Jose State rolls >> Redshirt sophomore Emmett Brown threw for a career-high 355 yards and four touchdowns and Nick Nash set a school receptions record and San Jose State beat Kennesaw State 31-10 on Saturday.

Brown threw touchdowns of 24, 3 and 9 yards to Nash and 35 yards to Justin Lockhart. Nash finished with a program record 17 receptions for 225 yards. Lockhart finished with 106 receiving yards on four receptions.

San Jose State outgained Kennesaw State in total yards 417-192.

Cal beats San Diego State >> Fernando Mendoza threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score, leading California to a 31-10 victory over San Diego State on Saturday night.

Jaivian Thomas ran for 169 yards, and Kadarius Calloway had a touchdown run to give Cal (3-0) three straight wins to open the season for the first time since 2019.

Texas takes over at No. 1 in AP Top 25 for first time in 16 years >> Texas is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time in 16 years, replacing Georgia after the Bulldogs struggled to remain unbeaten.

The Longhorns moved up a spot from No. 2 and received 35 first-place votes and 1,540 points. The Bulldogs, who have been No. 1 since the preseason poll, received 23 first-place votes and 1,518 points.

Ohio State received five first-place votes and stayed at No. 3 during an off week. No. 4 Alabama and No. 5 Mississippi held their places and Tennessee moved up a spot to No. 6, flip-flopping with Southeastern Conference rival Missouri.

Golf

americans win solheim cup >> Lilia Vu made a 2-foot birdie putt on the final hole, and the United States won the Solheim Cup for the first time since 2017, beating Europe on a tense day of singles matches.

Megan Khang, Rose Zhang and Allisen Corpuz moved the U.S. to the brink of victory with blowout wins, and the Americans got just enough from the back half of their lineup to prevent Europe from capturing the cup for a record fourth straight time.

The final score: United States 151/2, Europe 121/2, the biggest margin since the Americans won by five points seven years ago in Iowa.

Europe fell behind 6-2 on the first day and trailed 10-6 entering singles. Captain Suzann Pettersen said her team needed a “miracle,” and while that never appeared likely, the Europeans kept it interesting, denying the Americans the clinching point on the 18th hole in three straight matches.

Hojgaard birdies last 3 holes to win the Irish Open >> Rasmus Hojgaard birdied his last three holes for a 6-under 65 to win the Irish Open and hand Rory McIlroy another dose of disappointment before a raucous gallery at Royal County Down.