Rookie Troy Melton allows 1 hit as Tigers shut out White Sox
It was a series-clinching win for the Tigers, who advanced to 70-52 and extended a narrow lead over the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central.
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It was a series-clinching win for the Tigers, who advanced to 70-52 and extended a narrow lead over the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central.
Yoendrys Gómez struck out seven in five innings, and Edgar Quero had three hits and three RBIs.
The first baseman's 26th homer with one out in the inning came off reliever Brandon Eisert (2-4) and hit the foul pole in left.
Inside Guaranteed Rate Field at the Wintrust Scout Lounge, some of the softest spoken voices are making a major impact.
Lenyn Sosa hit a two-run homer, his 14th, in the first and Montgomery followed later in the inning with a solo shot, his ninth.
CJ Kayfus hit his first major league home run and scored twice to help the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Saturday night for their fifth straight victory.
Michael A. Taylor and Brooks Baldwin each had a solo homer for the White Sox, who lead the majors with 37 home runs since the All-Star break.
Taylor Ward hit a game-ending three-run homer in the ninth inning, Zach Neto had a home run and three RBIs and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.
The White Sox improved to 42-69 with its 10th win in 14 games since the All-Star break.
Gustavo Campero's second home run of the year, a two-run blast to deep center field in the fifth, got the Angels within one, but Colson Montgomery answered with a deep homer of his own in the sixth inning.
The Major League Baseball trade deadline struck at 5 p.m. Thursday. The Cubs were hoping to land a top-notch starting pitcher, but that didn't happen.
Colson Montgomery and Kyle Teel also went deep as last-place the Sox won the rain-delayed rubber game of the three-game series.
The White Sox scored three times in the ninth against Daniel Robert.
The last-place White Sox need two more wins to match their total from all of last year.
Nico Hoerner added two hits and a key defensive play as the Cubs won the rubber game in the weekend set.
Former Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox great Dick Allen was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday in Cooperstown.
The Cubs (61-43) moved into a tie for the NL Central lead with Milwaukee, which lost 7-4 to Miami.
The Sox (37-66) took two of three games from the Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field to complete a 5–1 trip.
The loss was the Sox' first since the All-Star break and snapped a season-high five-game winning streak.
The White Sox have won four consecutive games for the first time since May 8-11, 2024.
Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman hit back-to-back homers in a four-run first inning, and the Chicago White Sox cruised to a 7-2 victory over the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates for their first series sweep this season.
Mike Tauchman had a go-ahead three-run double in a six-run sixth inning, Lenyn Sosa had three hits and three RBIs and the Chicago White Sox beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-4 on Saturday night.
The Chicago White Sox breezed past the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates 10-1 on Friday night.
The low-vision teens who took the tour are part of a low-vision day camp from the Spectrios Institute, funded by the White Sox.
The kids are part of a low-vision day camp from the Spectrios Institute, funded by the White Sox. Noel Brennan reports.
