Eflin goes seven scoreless innings and Orioles beat White Sox 2-1
Eflin (4-2) struck out six and walked one in his first scoreless outing this season while lowering his ERA nearly a run to 4.46.
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Eflin (4-2) struck out six and walked one in his first scoreless outing this season while lowering his ERA nearly a run to 4.46.
The nine runs allowed were a season high for the Mets.
Jake Burger hit a two-run homer for the Rangers, who had dropped seven of eight overall.
The White Sox trailed 4-2 before rallying in the sixth, helped by some shoddy defense by the Rangers.
The White Sox beat the Rangers for the first time since a 7-6 victory on June 20, 2023, in Chicago.
The Sox' Lenyn Sosa and Joshua Palacios hit consecutive homers in the fourth. Tim Elko added his third homer in 10 games since being recalled from the minors.
Adrian Houser allowed two hits and walked three in his first win since May 26 for the New York Mets against San Francisco.
The last-place White Sox wasted a sharp performance by Davis Martin in their fifth consecutive loss.
The White Sox will commemorate Pope Leo XIV attending one of the 2005 World Series games with a graphic installation in the section where he sat.
The NL Central-leading Cubs improved to 75-74 in the series and handed a fourth straight defeat to the White Sox, who are last in the AL Central.
The all-time series between the crosstown rivals is tied at 74 wins apiece.
The Cubs earned their sixth consecutive win against the White Sox, matching a franchise record for the series.
Bryse Wilson (0-2) went 5 1/3 innings, giving up seven runs on 10 hits, including the three homers. He walked one and struck out three.
Lenyn Sosa and Michael A. Taylor homered as the Sox improved to 14-29 with its fourth victory in five games overall.
Cincinnati's Elly De La Cruz hit a 435-foot solo homer, his seventh, to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.
