Yankees beat White Sox 5-3 behind
Stanton and Rodón to stay tied with Toronto for AL East lead
[September 26, 2025]
By MIKE FITZPATRICK
NEW YORK (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton grounded a go-ahead, three-run
double and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on
Thursday night to remain tied with Toronto atop the AL East going
into the final three games of the regular season.
Carlos Rodón (18-9) pitched six steady innings and Austin Wells
added an RBI double off the right-center fence in the seventh as the
playoff-bound Yankees finished a three-game sweep to move a
season-high 23 games above .500.
New York, which has won five straight and eight of nine, is assured
home-field advantage in the Wild Card Series if it can't edge the
Blue Jays for the division title. The teams share the best record in
the American League at 91-68.
Toronto topped Boston 6-1 on Thursday night and holds the
head-to-head tiebreaker over the Yankees after winning the season
series 8-5.
New York hosts last-place Baltimore this weekend, while the Blue
Jays play at home against Tampa Bay.
Michael A. Taylor launched a two-run homer off Rodón to give the
White Sox a 3-1 lead in the fourth.
New York loaded the bases with one out in the fifth and Stanton hit
a sharp grounder off reliever Tyler Gilbert (4-2) past third baseman
Curtis Mead, who came up empty on a backhand swipe at the ball,
allowing the Yankees to take a 4-3 lead.
Luke Weaver and Devin Williams each worked a scoreless inning before
David Bednar got three quick outs for his 26th save in 29 chances.
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New York Yankees' Carlos Rodón pitches during the third inning of a
baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Thursday, Sept. 25,
2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
With two runners aboard in the eighth, Cody
Bellinger made a running catch in deep left-center to end the
threat.
Chicago (58-101) has lost five straight and 11 of 12.
Key moment
White Sox rookie Colson Montgomery doubled leading off the sixth —
then got thrown out easily at third on a routine grounder to
shortstop in a 4-3 game.
Key stats
Rodón reached 200 strikeouts in a season for the second time. He had
237 with San Francisco in 2022. ... Yankees slugger Aaron Judge
received two intentional walks to give him 36 this year, setting an
AL record since they were first tracked in 1955. He went 2 for 3,
raising his major league-leading batting average to .330.
Up next
Chicago RHP Yoendrys Gómez (3-3, 4.92 ERA) starts Friday night at
Washington against fellow rookie Cade Cavalli (3-1, 4.23).
Yankees rookie RHP Will Warren (8-8, 4.35 ERA) faces Baltimore LHP
Trevor Rogers (9-2, 1.35) in the Bronx.
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