Gavin Sheets hit the ball four times. He drove in four runs. Korey Lee and Brooks Baldwin hit home runs. The Chicago White Sox won. They beat the New York Yankees 12-2. This gave Grady Sizemore, the interim manager, his first win. The team lost 24 out of 25 games before this.
The White Sox scored the most runs and had 18 hits. They lost their first two games under Sizemore. He took over after Pedro Grifol got fired. The White Sox stopped a 21-game losing streak by beating Oakland.
The White Sox had the worst record. The Yankees had the best record. This is rare. The last time this happened was in 1934. The White Sox also won that game, beating the Detroit Tigers 11-0. Sizemore was very happy.
“It was amazing,” he said. “The guys played well. I am proud of them.”
Lee hit a home run in the fourth inning. Baldwin hit a three-run home run in the seventh. Sheets hit doubles in the first, fifth, and seventh innings. He scored a run in the seventh inning. Andrew Vaughn also hit the ball four times. He scored twice. This helped the White Sox win. Sizemore praised the team.
“They are playing hard and battling,” he said.
Aaron Judge hit a double in the first inning. He almost hit his 300th home run in the second inning. It fell short.
White Sox Energize with Win Over Yankees
Ky Bush started for the White Sox. He allowed two runs and six hits in 4⅔ innings. He walked seven batters and threw 97 pitches. This was his second start in the major leagues.
Touki Toussaint got the win. He recorded four outs. Luis Gil, the Yankees’ pitcher, allowed four runs and seven hits in four innings. He threw 98 pitches and walked two batters.
Aaron Boone, the Yankees’ manager, was upset. “Every loss is a missed chance,” he said. “We play for a lot every day. It sucks to lose.”
The White Sox won big. They played with energy and skill. The Yankees lost. They missed a chance to keep their good record. The White Sox showed they could still win.
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