Pittsburgh 9, Chi. White Sox 4
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, July 14, 2024
Where: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Chad Whitson, 1B -
Bill Miller, 2B -
Alex Mackay, 3B -
Malachi Moore
Attendance:
16501
By Field Level Media
Joey Bart cracked a go-ahead three-run home run, Bryan Reynolds also homered and Ke'Bryan Hayes had three hits as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates swept the Chicago White Sox 9-4 on Sunday.
The Pirates secured a series sweep for the first time since winning the first four games of the season in Miami. At 48-48, the Pirates reached the .500 mark for the first time since April 27.
The reeling White Sox absorbed their 13th sweep. Chicago has lost seven of eight entering the All-Star break, including four in a row. The White Sox are a major league-worst 27-71.
Oneil Cruz, Joshua Palacios and Reynolds each had two hits and an RBI for Pittsburgh. Quinn Priester (2-5) picked up the victory with two innings of one-run relief.
Eloy Jimenez grounded into a double play in the bottom of the first inning to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead.
Resigned to a bullpen game in the final contest of the first half, Chicago stayed afloat in the early innings despite an early injury to right-hander Michael Soroka.
Soroka got the final out of the second but left with right shoulder soreness after throwing a ball to open the third, just his third pitch of the afternoon.
Chad Kuhl followed opener Jared Shuster and Soroka with four innings of four-run, six-hit ball in his third relief outing of at least four innings since joining the team in mid-June. Kuhl walked two, hit a batter and struck out four while falling to 0-1.
Cruz tied the game at 1 with a third-inning double. Chicago's Andrew Benintendi responded with a solo homer in the bottom half, one of his three hits, before the Pirates answered again.
Kuhl retired the first batter of the Pittsburgh fourth but a single and walk brought up Bart, who lined a three-run shot to left-center for a 4-2 lead.
The Pirates added four runs in the seventh, including a two-run triple from Nick Gonzales on a misplayed fly ball.
Luis Robert Jr. had three hits and Jimenez added two for the White Sox. Chicago stranded 10 runners and went 2-for-11 with men in scoring position.
Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller allowed two runs and four hits in three innings.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh |
|
Chi. White Sox |
Mitch Keller
|
Player |
Jared Shuster
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
3.0 |
IP |
1.2 |
3 |
Strikeouts |
0 |
4 |
Hits |
1 |
6.00 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Pittsburgh
|
12 |
2 |
24 |
.333 |
15 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
Chi. White Sox
|
10 |
1 |
13 |
.286 |
19 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |