Jun 29, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox shortstop Paul DeJong (29) hits a two-run house run through the sixth inning towards the Colorado Rockies at Assured Charge Area. Obligatory Credit score: Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports activities Paul DeJong completed 2-for-4 with a house run and three RBIs, serving to lead the Chicago White Sox to an 11-3 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Saturday.
DeJong’s homer was one in every of 4 for Chicago, as Lenyn Sosa, Luis Robert Jr. and Korey Lee all launched house runs. The White Sox matched a season-best fourth straight win.
Colorado’s Brendan Rodgers tallied two hits, together with a solo house run, because the Rockies dropped their fifth straight.
Rodgers launched his fifth homer of the 12 months within the prime of the second, a solo shot to left discipline off Chicago starter Jonathan Cannon to present Colorado a 1-0 lead.
Nonetheless main 1-0 within the backside of the fourth, Rockies starter Cal Quantrill struck out Robert and Gavin Sheets for his fifth and sixth strikeouts, earlier than retiring Andrew Vaughn on a groundout to finish the inning.
Rodgers led off the highest of the fifth with a stroll, adopted by Michael Toglia’s groundout. Nolan Jones then hit a two-run, 363-foot homer to proper discipline, giving Colorado a 3-0 benefit.
Chicago’s Nicky Lopez laced a one-out double within the backside of the fifth. Two batters later, Sosa linked on his third homer of the season, trimming Chicago’s deficit to 3-2.
Cannon retired the primary two batters within the prime of the sixth, earlier than Ezequiel Tovar singled, chasing the Chicago beginning pitcher after 5 2/3 innings of three-run, three-hit ball. He additionally struck out three and walked one. Tanner Banks (2-2) threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings in reduction.
Robert tied the sport within the backside of the sixth with a leadoff homer, his ninth blast of the season. Quantrill then struck out Sheets and hit Vaughn with a pitch, earlier than surrendering his third homer of the sport — a two-run shot from DeJong — his fifteenth. Quantrill (6-6) then was pulled for Nick Mears after 5 runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings pitched. Quantrill struck out eight and walked none.
Jalen Beeks changed Mears for the underside of the eighth. Mears walked Robert and Eloy Jimenez singled earlier than Vaughn gave Chicago a 6-3 lead with an RBI single. DeJong then drove within the seventh Chicago run with one other RBI single.
Riley Pint relieved Beeks. The fourth Colorado pitcher allowed a three-run homer to Lee, blowing open the Chicago lead. The ultimate Chicago run got here on Pint’s wild pitch, because the White Sox completed with 11 unanswered runs.
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