Lucas Giolito delivered one of the longest perfect game bids in MLB playoff history on Tuesday, taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning of the Chicago White Sox 4-1 win over the Oakland A's. Giolito, who had his perfect game broken up in the seventh, allowed just two runs and struck out eight for the White Sox in the opening game of their best-of-three first round playoff series. Game two of the American League series is Wednesday. Making his playoff debut, Giolito retired the first 18 batters he faced until Tommy La Stella slammed a single up the middle to lead off the seventh inning. He allowed just one run and also walked one batter in the eighth inning. Giolito, who is just the fifth pitcher ever to take a perfect game into the seventh inning of a playoff game, threw a no-hitter in August against the Pittsburgh Pirates. On Tuesday, Giolito, of California, was taken out after he allowed a single to A's batter Jake Lamb in the eighth. Mark Canha walked to start off the inning. Left handed pitcher Aaron Bummer eventually came on and preserved the 4-1 lead by getting La Stella to ground out to shortstop to end the eighth inning. Closing pitcher Alex Colome got three straight A's batter out in the ninth to record the save. Elsewhere, Jose Altuve walked with the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth inning to score in the winning run as the Houston Astros beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 in the first game of their wild-card series in Minneapolis. The Twins have now lost a MLB record 17 straight playoff games. gph/rcw