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After Gregory Santos (2-1) allowed a double to
Cody Bellinger and walked Dansby Swanson to open the ninth,
Morel, who also singled on the night, lined a 1-2 pitch into the
right-center-field bleachers.
The Cubs split the two-game set and went 3-1 against the White
Sox this season while improving to 19-8 since July 18.
Morel's homer made a winner of Drew Smyly (9-8), who struck out
two in a scoreless top of the ninth.
Gavin Sheets clubbed a two-run homer for the White Sox, who won
the series opener 5-3 on Tuesday.
Entering Wednesday as winners of six straight games at Wrigley
Field, the White Sox loaded the bases with nobody out in the
eighth inning. But Michael Fulmer came out of the Cubs bullpen
to strike out Luis Robert Jr., Yoan Moncada and Andrew Vaughn to
keep the hosts within striking distance.
Cubs starter Javier Assad retired the first 10 batters he faced
before yielding back-to-back singles to Andrew Benintendi and
Robert. Robert's base hit included an error by Cubs left fielder
Ian Happ, allowing both runners to move into scoring position.
Benintendi soon scored on Assad's wild pitch.
After the Cubs left the bases loaded against Clevinger in the
fourth inning, Sheets went deep in the fifth with a man on to
give the White Sox a 3-0 lead. It was Sheets' ninth homer of the
season.
Assad gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits in six
innings. He walked two and fanned four.
--Field Level Media
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