Quero has 4 hits, White Sox hit 4 HRs in 12-5 win over Cubs
[July 26, 2025]
By MATT CARLSON
CHICAGO (AP) — Rookie Edgar Quero had his first
four-hit game, rookie Chase Meidroth homered among his three hits, and
the Chicago White Sox beat Shota Imanaga and the crosstown Cubs 12-5 on
Friday night for their sixth win in seven games.
Colson Montgomery, Austin Slater and Mike Tauchman also went deep as the
White Sox set season highs in runs and hits (18). Miguel Vargas also had
three hits and Lenyn Sosa drove in three runs. |
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga reacts to being pulled off
the mound during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the
Chicago White Sox, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin
Hooley) |
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Adrian Houser (6-2) pitched 6 2/3 innings of
five-hit ball as the White Sox handed the Cubs their fourth loss
in five games.. Reese McGuire's three-run homer off Houser with
two outs in the seventh finally put the Cubs on the board after
trailing 11-0.
The last-place White Sox gained a measure of revenge against the
contending Cubs, who swept a three-game series at Wrigley Field
in May while outscoring them 26-8. The Cubs remained one game
behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.
Imanaga (7-4) exited after the first two White Sox batters hit
safely in the fourth to give the South Siders a 6-0 lead with 12
hits against him. The left-hander from Japan was charged with
seven runs, and his outing matched his shortest in two years in
the majors.
Houser retired the first eight Cubs batters en route to winning
his fourth straight decision.
Key moment
The White Sox jumped ahead 3-0 in the first as five of their
first six batters hit safely, including Meidroth's home run to
lead off the inning. The White Sox added two in the second, with
Montgomery tagging a center-cut fastball, followed by three
singles. The South Siders upped it to 9-0 in the fourth on
Tauchman's drive.
Key stat
Imanaga has pitched fewer than four innings only once before in
43 games in the majors. He lasted three in an 11-1 loss to the
Mets on June 21, 2024, when he allowed 10 runs and 11 hits.
Up next
Cubs RHP Cade Horton (3-3, 4.04 ERA) faces White Sox RHP Aaron
Civale (2-6, 4.76) on Saturday.
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