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Chicago, which previously lost four straight to
the Baltimore Orioles, endured its first winless homestand of at
least seven games in club history.
Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah pitched just 1 2/3 innings. The
right-hander exited upon experiencing discomfort in his right
elbow after throwing his 24th pitch, a 1-0 sinker to White Sox
center fielder Dominic Fletcher.
Pressed into sudden action, the Toronto bullpen delivered.
Richards (1-0) set the tone, allowing just one hit and one walk
in his 3 1/3 innings.
Tim Mayza, Zach Pop, Yimi Garcia and Jordan Romano followed with
one inning apiece. Korey Lee smacked a solo home run with two
outs in the ninth as Chicago avoided the shutout, but Romano
recovered to pick up his eighth save.
White Sox starter Chris Flexen fell to 2-5 after allowing two
runs and four hits in five innings. He walked five and struck
out six.
Bo Bichette opened the scoring with an RBI single in the third.
Kiner-Falefa added to the advantage with a run-scoring single
one inning later.
Toronto made it 3-0 in the sixth when Kiner-Falefa lined into a
forceout that scored George Springer.
Bichette and Alejandro Kirk contributed two hits apiece for the
Blue Jays, who outscored the White Sox 15-4 in the series.
Chicago squandered Andrew Vaughn's leadoff double in the second.
Manoah induced Lee on a popout to shortstop and struck out Paul
DeJong. He fell behind Fletcher before getting injured, but
Richards finished the at-bat, retiring Fletcher on a lineout to
right field.
DeJong doubled in the seventh but was stranded at third.
Toronto captured the season series from Chicago 5-1 to continue
a recent run of dominance. The Blue Jays have won 12 of the past
13 meetings.
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