Sale shuts down Blue Jays to record 13th win

[June 27, 2016]  CHICAGO -- Chris Sale earned his major league-leading 13th victory as the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Sunday for their second straight series win.

Sale (13-2) pitched seven scoreless innings on a sticky afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field before the Blue Jays broke the shutout with a pair of eighth inning solo homers.

The White Sox left-hander won his fourth straight game, allowing two runs on five hits, walking two and striking out seven in an eight-inning effort -- his longest since a 2-1 complete game victory over Houston on May 19.

Reliever David Robertson worked a perfect ninth for his 20th save.

Chicago (38-38) took two of three games from Toronto after winning three of four at Boston. The White Sox have five victories in their last six games after losing 18 of 24 between May 23 and June 19.

Toronto (41-36) suffered its fifth loss in seven games.

The White Sox opened a 1-0 lead in the third inning as Tyler Saladino scored from third on Adam Eaton's sacrifice bunt with one out. Jays starting pitcher Marcus Stroman scooped up the bunt and fired to Jays catcher Russell Martin, but Saladino eluded the tag.

Eaton made it safely to first while Tim Anderson reached second on the play. Anderson came home on Melky Cabrera's two-out single to right for a 2-0 lead.

Chicago added two more runs in the fifth.

Anderson made it 3-0 with his solo home run off Stroman to begin the inning. The leadoff shot to left was his third homer of the season. Eaton then walked, reached third on Cabrera's single to right and scored on Stroman's one-out wild pitch while facing Todd Frazier.

Stroman (6-4) departed after five innings. He allowed four runs on seven hits, walked four and struck out four while throwing 91 pitches.

The Blue Jays got on the board with a pair of eighth inning runs. Troy Tulowitzki clubbed his 11th homer of the season, a solo shot to left with one out that trim Chicago's lead to 4-1. Junior Lake made it 4-2 with a bases-empty home run to center with two gone.

J.B. Shuck got one run back with a two-out solo home run to right in the eighth off Blue Jays reliever Bo Schultz, called up from Triple-A Buffalo on Sunday. It was Shuck's second homer of the season and first time in his career he's homered in back-to-back games.

White Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale (49) delivers a pitch during the third inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at U.S. Cellular Field. Mandatory Credit: Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports

Cabrera went 3-for-4 with an RBI. while Anderson and Shuck each had two hits. Josh Davidson paced the Blue Jays with a pair of singles.

NOTES: The Blue Jays placed RHP Gavin Floyd on the 15-day disabled list after he suffered shoulder tightness during a brief appearance on Saturday and called up RHP Bo Schultz from Triple-A Buffalo, who pitched in Chicago for Sunday's series finale. Schultz had a 4.24 ERA with 14 strikeouts with the Bison. ... Toronto travels to Colorado to open a three-game series on Monday. The Blue Jays send RHP Marco Estrada (5-3, 2.70 ERA) against Rockies RHP Jon Gray (4-3, 4.30 ERA). ... The Blue Jays return home Thursday and celebrate Canada Day weekend with a four-game series against Cleveland. ... The White Sox clubbed a franchise record-tying seven home runs in Saturday's 10-8 loss but none were by 3B Todd Frazier, whose 21 before the All-Star Break are the most in franchise history by a third baseman, breaking the mark of 20 set by Bill Melton in 1971. ... Chicago has an off-day on Monday and then hosts the Twins in a three-game series. LHP Jose Quintana (5-7, 3.04 ERA) faces Twins RHP Kyle Gibson (0-5, 6.05 ERA) in Tuesday's opener.

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