White Sox lose to Mariners, get swept
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.
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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.
Seiya Suzuki homered twice and drove in three runs for the Cubs.
Ian Happ homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Chicago Cubs held off Cal Raleigh and the Seattle Mariners for a 10-7 victory.
The Sox' Lenyn Sosa and Joshua Palacios hit consecutive homers in the fourth. Tim Elko added his third homer in 10 games since being recalled from the minors.
Adrian Houser allowed two hits and walked three in his first win since May 26 for the New York Mets against San Francisco.
The last-place White Sox wasted a sharp performance by Davis Martin in their fifth consecutive loss.
Jorge Polanco hit two solo homers and added an RBI single to help the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Saturday night.
This was the major-league worst White Sox' 12th straight loss.
Chicago avoided being swept in the four-game series but needed extra innings after Seattle star Julio Rodríguez tied it at 2 in the bottom of the ninth with a solo homer off closer Michael Kopech.
Chicago could not clutch it out in the 10th, and Haniger came through with the sixth walk-off hit of his career.
It was the second consecutive night that the Mariners' Carl Raleigh drove in the winning run.
Luis Robert Jr. and Corey Julks homered for the major league-worst White Sox (17-50).
The Sox also beat the Kansas City Royals in a split-squad game Thursday, by a score of 6-1.
"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.
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 Cubs had beaten the Mariners seven consecutive times dating to July 31, 2016, their longest win streak against an AL team since 1997.
Nelso Velázquez had three hits and scored three times in his first start since he was recalled from Triple-A Iowa on Monday.
Nick Madrigal was inserted as a pinch-runner and stole third off Brash (0-1), setting up Hoerner's winning hit.
Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo didn't stand a chance.
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The White Sox would score 10 unanswered runs.
Chicago has lost two of three and dropped three games behind first-place Cleveland in the AL Central, also trailing Minnesota by 1 1/2 games.
Lance Lynn mowed through Seattle striking out a season-high 11, Elvis Andrus hit a two-run home run, and the Chicago White Sox snapped the Mariners' seven-game win streak with a win on Monday.
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