Cubs 7, White Sox 6: Late Rally Falls Short
A 9th inning rally falls short as the White Sox drop the opener against the Cubs, 7-6. | Photo by John J. Kim/Getty Images
Grady Sizemore didn’t get his first win as a major league manager on Friday, but came pretty close, as the Cubs led 7-0 after the 3rd, but had to hold off a White Sox rally in the 9th.
Garrett Crochet was awful in another short outing – this one due more to lack of effectiveness than pitch limit. The Cubs tagged Crochet for 7 runs on 9 hits in just 2.1 innings.
Oh, and 4 of those 9 hits were homeruns.
6th career leadoff home run for @ihapp_1! pic.twitter.com/GcJfAiKvBA
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 10, 2024
The Northsiders didn’t wait to pounce on Crochet, as Ian Happ led off the game by putting one in the seats. After Seiya Suzuki singled to right, Cody Bellinger hit a 2-run blast to right-center field, giving the Cubs an early 3-0 lead.
900th career hit is a home run for Cody Bellinger 👏 pic.twitter.com/ZrEFVA6p5Q
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 10, 2024
Crochet would go on to surrender two more homers – of the back-to-back variety – to Isaac Paredes and Nico Hoerner in the 3rd inning, putting the Cubs ahead 6-0 and ending his night.
Nico sent this one out in a hurry ☄️ pic.twitter.com/GkmEKeWVoU
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 10, 2024
The Cubs were held scoreless over the final 6 innings and the White Sox started chipping away, with Andrew Vaughn getting the scoring started with a blast that just made it over the center field wall.
Andrew Vaughn put it on the board! pic.twitter.com/KNV0BK9ln0
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 10, 2024
Gavin Sheets followed that up with a single and moved into second on a hit by Korey Lee. Dominic Fletcher then hit a ball just out of Nico Hoerner’s reach to make it a 7-2 ballgame. A groundout fielders choice and another knock by Nicky Lopez and the Sox are making a game of it.
Nicky Lopez's third hit of the night helps the White Sox close the gap!
— White Sox Talk (@NBCSWhiteSox) August 10, 2024
Down 7-4 now pic.twitter.com/JXcPDLA1kA
Andrew Benintendi had himself a night, hitting 2 homeruns. The first came in the bottom of the 5th inning, as Benintendi led off with a dinger to right to make it 7-5 Cubs. The other was in the bottom of the 7th with 2 outs – another solo shot to bring the Sox within one.
Andrew Benintendi with his 2nd home run of the night! pic.twitter.com/WsnVqYRa26
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 10, 2024
The White Sox would load the bases in the 9th on 2 singles and a walk. But, Vaughn would fly out to right-center to end the game.
Womp-womp:
FINAL: Cubs 7, #WhiteSox 6
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 10, 2024
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Road to the Recordbooks
White Sox Record: 28-90
White Sox Season Record Pace: 38-124 (.237)
Modern 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119, .265): -5 Games
Modern Record in 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120, .250): -3 Games
Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106): -18 Games
Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1, .323): -14.5 Games
Worst American League Record (1916 A’s, 38-124, .235): Tied
Up Next
The White Sox play the second game of this 2-game set and get ready to take on the Yankees at Guaranteed Rate Field starting Monday.
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