Angels Top White Sox 1-0
Yoan Moncada had two hits for the White Sox, who have dropped five straight.
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Yoan Moncada had two hits for the White Sox, who have dropped five straight.
Yolmer Sanchez and Kevan Smith each had two hits for the White Sox, who lost their fourth straight.
The Los Angeles Angels' four-run third inning in a 5-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
The White Sox scored three times in the bottom of the ninth to beat the Detroit Tigers 4-2 on Monday for their eighth win in 11 games.
The Brewers opened an important three-game series with the Chicago Cubs with a 4-3 win Monday.
The White Sox extended their lead to 5-0 on Adam Engel's single off Bobby Poyner in the third inning.
Chicago, which has won 10 of 12, began play leading the Cardinals by 4 ½ games.
The Cubs, helped by another Phillies error, scored a pair of runs in the first off Zach Eflin (9-6).
Carlos Rodon (6-4) kept the White Sox in the game for a while before committing a costly error in the seventh.
Dylan Covey (5-12) then tossed three-hit ball over three-plus innings. Juan Minaya gave up a run in two innings and Ian Hamilton worked the ninth.
Javier Baez hit his 29th homer for the NL Central-leading Cubs.
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Tommy La Stella hit the first pinch-hit homer of his career against his former team, carrying the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves in a matchup of NL division leaders Thursday night.
Ryan LaMarre homered and drove in a career-best four runs, Reynaldo Lopez stifled the Yankees again despite diminished velocity and the Chicago White Sox beat New York 4-1 Wednesday night.
Ian Happ hit an RBI single for Chicago in the second, but the Mets scored four in the seventh to make it 8-1.
Pinch-hitter Neil Walker connected for a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees rallied from a four-run deficit to defeat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night.
Jon Lester pitched six innings, drove in two runs with a timely single off Noah Syndergaard and made two nice plays in the field, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 7-4 on Monday night for their sixth consecutive victory.
Carlos Rodon pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, Yoan Moncada doubled in two and the surging Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 6-2 on Monday night for their fourth straight win.
NL-Central leading Chicago has gone deep in 10 consecutive games, amassing a total of 17 homers during that stretch.
Chicago was down 3-0 before breaking through against All-Star reliever Joe Jimenez (4-3) and closer Shane Greene.
Daniel Murphy homered in the eighth for NL Central-leading Chicago, and Javier Baez had a run-scoring single in the sixth.
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Cole Hamels tossed a complete game to continue his dramatic turnaround with the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs, who got home runs from Anthony Rizzo and Javier Baez in a 7-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night.
Jose Rondon hit a two-run homer in the eighth for the White Sox, who fell to 3-10 this season against Detroit.
The White Sox sent 11 batters to the plate against Gibson and Gabriel Moya in the fifth to snap a 2-2 tie.
