Mitch Keller pitches eight scoreless innings and Pirates hold off Cubs 2-1
The Cubs lost for the second time in seven games.
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The Cubs lost for the second time in seven games.
After firing executive vice president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn on Tuesday, the White Sox continued to stumble.
"Not the way we drew it up, but it was a major league win," White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said.
Right before its eighth loss in 10 games, Chicago announced that executive vice president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn had been fired.
"This is an incredibly difficult decision for me to make because they are both talented individuals with long-term relationships at the White Sox," White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf said in a statement.
Crain's Chicago Business reports White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf could be trying to move or sell the team.
The lowly White Sox (49-76) lost for the seventh time in nine games. They have been outscored 44-18 in their last four games.
The Sox have lost five of six and 17 of their last 24. They fell to a season-worst 26 games below .500.
The Wrigley Field crowd of 40,869 cheered wildly as Morel sprinted around the bases with his arms out.
Robert drove a hanging slider from Julian Merryweather deep to left with two out in the seventh inning.
He went 2-0 with one save this season just six months after a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer diagnosis.
Cease will serve as a volunteer instructor at Misericordia, a local nonprofit serving adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Former White Sox reliever Keynan Middleton, who is back in town with the Yankees, had a lot to say to ESPN on Sunday about the Sox culture.
Anderson and Ramirez both plan to appeal their suspensions, and will be allowed to continue playing pending the outcome of their appeals.
There was no carryover from Saturday night's melee, triggered by a fight at second base between Chicago's Tim Anderson and Cleveland's José Ramírez.
