Tim Elko hits 3-run homer for 1st career hit as White Sox beat Marlins 4-2

[May 12, 2025]  CHICAGO (AP) — Tim Elko hit a three-run homer — his first hit in the major leagues — in the sixth inning on Sunday to help the Chicago White Sox beat the Miami Marlins 4-2.
 
The White Sox rebounded from getting swept in four games at Kansas City to win their third series of the season.  

Chicago White Sox's Tim Elko hits a three-run home run against the Miami Marlins during the sixth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 11, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)

Andrew Vaughn hit an RBI single in the third inning for the White Sox. Miami's Xavier Edwards answered with a single that scored Matt Mervis to make it 1-1 in the fourth. Edwards finished with two hits and a stolen base.

Mike Vasil (2-1) pitched three innings of relief, giving up a run on three hits, and Cam Booser worked the ninth for his first save of the season.

Sandy Alcantara (2-5) gave up four runs on seven hits with three walks and eight strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Chase Meidroth went 2 for 4 with a double for Chicago.

Key moment
Matt Thaiss led off the sixth with a single and moved to third on a one-out single by Joshua Palacios. Two pitches later, the 26-year-old Elko — who made his major league debut Saturday in a 3-1 loss to the Marlins — hit a curveball over the wall in left-center to give the White Sox a 4-1 lead.

Key stat
With two out and runners on the corners in the sixth, Thaiss picked off Nick Fortes at third base to keep the game tied at 1-all.

Up next
The Marlins move to Chicago's North Side for three games against the Cubs, with Cal Quantrill (2-3, 7.11 ERA) scheduled to start Monday against Colin Rea (2-0, 2.43). The White Sox kick off three games at Cincinnati on Tuesday with Jonathan Cannon (2-4, 4.09) expected to start against the Reds' Andrew Abbott (2-0, 2.25 ERA).

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