White Sox hammer struggling Strider in 13-9 win over Braves
[August 19, 2025]
ATLANTA (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. homered to spark a six-run fourth inning
and the Chicago White Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 13-9 on Monday night.
Robert followed Andrew Benintendi's leadoff single against a struggling
Spencer Strider with his 13th homer to put Chicago up 3-0. Mike Tauchman
drove in two with a bases-loaded double, and Lenyn Sosa's two-out RBI
single made it 7-0. |
Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider reacts during the second inning
of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025,
in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard) |
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Brooks Baldwin hit his eighth home run, a
leadoff shot in the third to give Chicago the lead. Sosa hit his
17th homer, a three-run drive off Austin Cox in the sixth for a
10-1 advantage. Kyle Teel and Benintendi both had four of
Chicago's 19 hits.
Yoendrys Gómez (3-1) allowed four runs in five innings for the
win in his second career start. Grant Taylor pitched a scoreless
ninth to close it out.
Strider (5-11) was ineffective for a third straight start,
allowing seven runs and 10 hits in three-plus innings. He has
given up 20 runs and seven homers in his last 11 2/3 innings.
Michael Harris II went 4 for 4 with a two-run homer — his 15th —
for Atlanta to extend his hitting streak to 11 games. He leads
the majors with 49 hits since the All-Star break. Jurickson
Profar hit his eighth and ninth homers — a two-run shot off Mike
Vasil in the sixth and a three-run shot off Owen White in the
eighth.
Key moment
Jordan Leasure struck out Eli White with the bases loaded to end
the eighth. White batted in Harris' spot after coming in as a
pinch runner when Harris singled leading off the inning with the
Braves trailing 13-5.
Key stat
Braves reliever Daysbel Hernández had the longest active streak
without allowing a homer end at 54 2/3 innings when Teel hit
this third leading off the seventh.
Up next
White Sox rookie RHP Shane Smith (3-7, 4.01 ERA) starts Tuesday
opposite Braves RHP Bryce Elder (5-9, 5.89).
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