Blue Jays unload to avoid sweep against White Sox
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 [June 23, 2022]
Bo Bichette hit his second
career grand slam, right-hander Ross Stripling pitched six effective
innings and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Chicago
White Sox 9-5 on Wednesday afternoon.
Teoscar Hernandez hit a two-run homer and Alejandro Kirk added a
solo shot for the Blue Jays, who salvaged the finale of the
three-game series after dropping the first two.
Stripling (4-2) allowed one run, five hits and one walk with five
strikeouts.
Chicago right-hander Luis Giolito (4-4) allowed seven runs, 11 hits
and one walk in five innings with three strikeouts.
Santiago Espinal walked and Bichette singled to start the first
inning and Kirk hit a one-out RBI single.
Chicago shortstop Danny Mendick, who had singled in the first
inning, left the game with a knee injury in the top of the second
when he collided with left fielder Adam Haseley. White Sox right
fielder Adam Engel left the game after the third inning with a
hamstring injury.
Kirk hit his eighth home run with two out in the third.
Toronto scored five runs in the fourth. Matt Chapman doubled and
scored on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.'s single. Gabriel Moreno and Espinal
singled before Bichette hit his 11th home run of the season to clear
the bases and give the Blue Jays a 7-0 lead.
The White Sox's Josh Harrison led off the bottom of the sixth with a
single and scored on Luis Robert's two-out single.
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Toronto Blue Jays players celebrate after defeating the Chicago
White Sox in a baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field. Mandatory
Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports
Matt Foster replaced Giolito and had a perfect
sixth before allowing Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s single and Hernandez's
seventh homer of the season in the seventh as Toronto went on top
9-1.
Chicago's Jake Burger tripled and Reese McGuire singled for an RBI
against David Phelps in the bottom of the seventh.
Chicago loaded the bases against Adam Cumber in the eighth on two
singles and a walk. Burger had an RBI infield hit and AJ Pollock
stroked an RBI single. Another run scored on Espinals' error on
Haseley's grounder to second. Trent Thornton retired the final two
batters of the inning.
Tim Mayza pitched around a single in the ninth.
Toronto center fielder George Springer (elbow) did not play.
Toronto hitting coach Guillermo Martínez was ejected before the game
when lineups were exchanged with umpires at home plate.
--Field Level Media
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