Bronx bombed as the Yankees tag White Sox for 10-5 loss
The White Sox owe the Guardians a fruit basket because after another Bronx beatdown, Chicago is barely clinging to first. The Sox got thumped, dropping to 38-34 and torching their positive run differential on the way out. The night started with some promise. Miguel Vargas , stil
The White Sox owe the Guardians a fruit basket because after another Bronx beatdown, Chicago is barely clinging to first. The Sox got thumped, dropping to 38-34 and torching their positive run differential on the way out.
The night started with some promise. Miguel Vargas , still glowing from his MLB Network cameo with Mark DeRosa, ripped a two-out double in the first.
Then Colson Montgomery battled for 12 pitches, only to pop out. Cue the Yankees : Anthony Kay got two quick outs, then Amed Rosario doubled, and Cody Bellinger smashed a two-run shot to right-center. Just like that, 2-0 hole.
The Sox had their shots, but the clutch hits never came. In the second, Everson Pereira drew a leadoff walk and Edgar Quero singled, only to watch Braden Montgomery bounce into a rally-killing double play. Meanwhile, Kay continued struggling with his command. José Caballero reached after being hit by a pitch in the second, Anthony Volpe tripled him home, and Ali Sánchez added an RBI single, and suddenly it’s 4-0 Yankees. Kay burned through 52 pitches just to escape two innings.
Finally, some life in the third. Chase Meidroth and Randal Grichuk singled, then Colson yanked a pitch from Carlos Rodón into the short porch for a three-run bomb. Suddenly it’s 4-3.
Kay battled in the bottom half, managing to strand Bellinger at third after a leadoff double, getting a groundout, a strikeout, and a popped-up bunt to escape.
But missed chances for the South Siders were the story. Quero singled in the fourth and got left. Meidroth doubled to start the fifth and went nowhere. Five innings in, plenty of hits, nothing to show for it.
Sean Newcomb took over in the fifth and immediately lit the fuse. Bellinger singled, Jasson Domínguez doubled, and Caballero drove in two. Then Volpe smoked a liner off Newcomb’s chest at 98.6 mph, sending him to the showers with a contusion. Tyler Davis came in and poured gasoline on the fire: single to Sánchez, then veteran Paul Goldschmidt obliterated a three-run homer. Suddenly it’s 9-3, and the game is toast.
