Luis Robert Jr. hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and the visiting Chicago White Sox beat the crosstown rival Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Tuesday night.
With the score tied 3-3 and two outs, the All-Star outfielder hit a pitch from Julian Merryweather (4-1) high up into the left field bleachers for his 32nd home run.
White Sox starter Touki Toussaint exited after yielding his fifth walk of the night to open the fifth inning, but he gave up only a two-run homer to Ian Happ and a solo shot to Seiya Suzuki, plus one other hit.
White Sox relievers Tanner Banks, Lane Ramsey (1-0), Aaron Bummer and Gregory Santos (fourth save) then held the Cubs to just two hits without a walk while striking out five over five shutout innings. Ramsey posted his first career win in his fourth major league appearance.
The White Sox snapped their three-game skid and earned their sixth straight win at Wrigley Field.
Robert also singled, Elvis Andrus had a two-run single for one of his two hits and Andrew Benintendi added an RBI double in the ninth for the White Sox, who dropped the first two of the season series at home last month.
The Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks had his issues early, allowing three runs over the first two innings, but that was all. He also gave up seven hits and two walks in six innings for the Cubs, who have dropped four of the past seven.
The White Sox loaded the bases against Hendricks in the first. Benintendi drew a one-out walk, and hits from Robert and Eloy Jimenez followed. However, they managed just one run, on Yoan Moncada’s RBI fielder’s choice.
The Cubs quickly erased that deficit in the bottom of the first. Mike Tauchman led off with a walk, then scored when Happ went deep into the right field bleachers.
The White Sox regained the lead in the second on Andrus’ hit that scored two. Two innings later, however, Suzuki tied it with his solo drive into the left field bleachers.
White Sox star Tim Anderson was scratched from the lineup due to a stiff neck.
–Field Level Media
