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Robert launched his team-leading 29th home run
to open the scoring in the first inning, connecting against
Guardians starter Xzavion Curry after Tim Anderson grounded into
a double play.
Curry settled down after that, and the White Sox had started to
struggle against reliever Daniel Norris before Burger went deep
with one out in the sixth to continue his homer binge. Burger
has homered in three consecutive games and has six homers in his
past 12 games overall. He has 25 this season.
Oscar Colas provided the final margin with an RBI single in the
eighth. Gregory Santos navigated a walk and a hit-by-pitch in
the ninth to notch his second save, striking out Oscar Gonzalez
to end the game.
Toussaint pitched five shutout innings to earn the victory, his
first with Chicago since the club claimed him off waivers from
Cleveland in June.
Toussaint (1-3) limited his former team to three hits with one
walk and four strikeouts while throwing 52 of his 83 pitches for
strikes. Friday marked the right-hander's third straight start
of at least five innings. He pitched one inning of scoreless
relief Wednesday night.
Cleveland loaded the bases with one out in the first on a walk,
a fielding error and a single, but Toussaint worked out of
trouble by inducing Josh Bell to hit a double-play grounder to
second base.
The Guardians grounded into another double play in the seventh.
Josh Naylor's sixth-inning double was Cleveland's lone
extra-base hit of the game, and part of a 3-for-4 day.
Curry (3-1) spaced one run and two hits in three innings with
three walks. He did not record a strikeout.
Andrew Benintendi had two hits for the White Sox.
Chicago leads the season series with Cleveland 5-3. The
Guardians have scored more than three runs against the White Sox
just once during that span -- in Thursday's 6-3 win in the
series opener.
--Field Level Media
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