Benintendi's pinch-hit grand slam
helps White Sox stop 9-game skid in Bronx with 5-1 win over Yanks
[June 19, 2026]
By LARRY FLEISHER
NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Benintendi launched a pinch-hit grand slam
off Camilo Doval in the eighth inning Thursday night and the Chicago
White Sox ended a nine-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium with a
5-1 victory over New York.
Benintendi batted for Randal Grichuk and was Chicago’s third pinch
hitter of the inning. He snapped a 1-all tie by driving Doval’s
first pitch, a 100 mph sinker, into the right-center seats.
It was the fourth career slam for Benintendi, who played 33 games
for the Yankees in 2022, and his second pinch-hit homer.
Benintendi went deep after pinch-hitter Sam Antonacci doubled off
Fernando Cruz (4-2). Tim Hill plunked pinch-hitter Jacob Gonzalez
and Tristan Peters with pitches before getting an out.
The White Sox won in the Bronx for the first time since June 8,
2023. Chicago was outscored 22-7 in the first two games of the
three-game series and 58-18 during its skid in the Bronx.
Colson Montgomery also homered and made a key defensive play in the
seventh before Chicago went ahead.
Montgomery tagged out Anthony Volpe trying to stretch a double.
Volpe hit a ball over the head of left fielder Junior Perez, but he
recovered to make a strong one-hop throw to Montgomery at third base
and Volpe was out by several feet.
Ryan McMahon hit a tying homer in the third off bulk reliever Sean
Burke (4-4), but the Yankees had their four-game winning streak
snapped and fell to 9-5 since losing captain Aaron Judge to a
fractured right rib.
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New York Yankees' shortstop Anthony Volpe is tagged out at third
base by Chicago White Sox's Colson Montgomery (12) during the
seventh inning of a baseball game, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in New
York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
New York also lost Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the fourth when the second
baseman fouled a pitch off the area near his groin.
Yankees starter Ryan Weathers allowed one run and three hits in 6
1/3 innings. The left-hander struck out eight and walked one.
Burke followed Chicago opener Bryan Hudson and permitted one run and
five hits while striking out eight over the final 7 1/3 innings.
The White Sox won for the fifth time in their last 17 road games and
finished 6-5 in an 11-game stretch against the Phillies, Braves,
Dodgers and Yankees.
Up next
White Sox: RHP Erick Fedde (2-5, 4.50 ERA) opposes LHP Tarik Skubal
(3-3, 2.81) in the opener of a three-game series Friday at Detroit.
Yankees: RHP Cam Schlittler (7-3, 1.82 ERA) faces RHP Rhett Lowder
(3-3, 4.60) in the opener of a three-game series against visiting
Cincinnati on Friday.
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