Ali Sánchez hits his 1st career homer as the Yankees beat the White Sox
9-5
[July 28, 2026]
By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Ali Sánchez hit a three-run shot for his
first career homer and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox
9-5 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between playoff
contenders.
Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, and New York
put away the game with four more runs in the eighth. Sánchez had the big
blow, a two-out drive to left field on a 3-2 fastball from Sean Newcomb. |
Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami, right, celebrates with teammate
Braden Montgomery (24) after scoring on a Chase Meidroth sacrifice fly
during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees
in Chicago, Monday, July 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) |
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. had two hits, two RBIs and two steals for New
York. Jasson Domínguez also had two hits and scored twice.
The Yankees (60-46) won for the sixth time in eight games and
pulled within 2 1/2 games of idle Tampa Bay for the AL East
lead.
Colson Montgomery had three hits for Chicago (55-50), which
committed three errors in its third loss in four games. Noah
Schultz allowed three runs in 3 1/3 innings for the AL Central
leaders.
New York grabbed a 5-4 lead on Rice's two-out single off Bryan
Hudson (3-4). Rice drove in Amed Rosario, who led off with a
pinch-hit double and advanced when catcher Edgar Quero committed
a throwing error on a pickoff attempt.
Brent Headrick (6-1) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the
win. David Bednar got one out for his 21st save, striking out
Chase Meidroth with two on after shortstop Anthony Volpe dropped
Montgomery's high popup, allowing Sam Antonacci to score on the
error.
Chicago jumped in front with three runs in the first against Max
Fried. Montgomery hit an RBI single and scored on Braden
Montgomery's two-out triple.
Randal Grichuk sparked the fast start with a leadoff double to
left. Max Schuemann had an opportunity to cut down Grichuk at
second, but Chisholm wasn't able to catch his one-hop throw.
Chisholm then had the key hit in New York's four-run fourth, a
tying two-run double off Chris Murphy. Chisholm alertly swiped
third on Quero's throw to Murphy after a pitch and scored on
Spencer Jones' grounder to second.
The White Sox rallied in the fifth. Miguel Vargas doubled and
scored on Colson Montgomery's single off Tim Hill, tying it at
4.
Up next
Gerrit Cole (3-5, 3.92 ERA) starts for New York on Tuesday
night, and left-hander Anthony Kay (7-4, 4.21) pitches for the
White Sox.
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