OAKLAND, Calif. | Paul Konerko joked about rings being passed out.

It had been so long since the White Sox captured a series in Oakland that some sort of celebration was in order -- and that probably meant a festive charter flight to Cleveland considering the Athletics' clubhouses are alcohol-free.

Darin Erstad hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth after Jermaine Dye connected for a tying two-run homer an inning earlier, and the White Sox beat the A's 6-3 on Wednesday for their first series win at the Coliseum in nearly seven years.

"It's nice to win here for the first time since Billy Pierce was playing for the White Sox," manager Ozzie Guillen joked, referring to the pitcher who played for the Sox from 1949-61.

The A's scored all of their runs in the first inning, then Chicago's pitchers shut down the struggling Oakland offense the rest of the way. The Athletics have yet to win a series through their initial three sets. They lost to the White Sox at home for the first time since Aug. 28-30, 2000.

Dye, who had a career-best 44 homers last year, hit his first of the year, a drive off Justin Duchscherer after the right-hander had struck out two batters. Erstad hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly after closer Huston Street (1-1) allowed a single to Juan Uribe and consecutive walks to A.J. Pierzynski and Scott Podsednik. Street intentionally walked Jim Thome to bring up Konerko, who lined a two-run double to left.

Starting pitcher Mark Buehrle had been razzing Dye for days about when he would finally hit one over the fence.

"Sooner or later, hopefully I would get a couple of hits," Dye said. "Today was a big day for me. I helped the team win with a big hit."

David Aardsma (1-0) pitched a perfect eighth for the win, then Bobby Jenks finished for his second save, one day after blowing a chance in Chicago's 2-1 loss.

The White Sox had nine hits after getting 12 total in the first two games. Uribe's RBI double in the second scored the team's first run Wednesday.

"Yeah, I hear we're getting rings," said Konerko, who has his from the team's 2005 championship season. "This is probably the earliest we've come here in all the years we've been coming here."