Montgomery’s ninth-inning homer leads White Sox past Nationals

Colson Montgomery hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning, Lenyn Sosa was 3 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Nationals 10-9 on Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak.

Luis García Jr. hit a career-high three of Washington’s six home runs. Josh Bell, CJ Abrams and Daylen Lile also homered for the Nationals. It was the team’s most home runs in a game since July 19, 2021, against Miami.

Fraser Ellard (1-2) pitched one-third of an inning for the win and Grant Taylor pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.

Jose A. Ferrer (4-4) gave up two runs — one earned — in the ninth, his fourth blown save.

Jordan Leasure’s string of 14 consecutive scoreless innings, which had been the third-longest active streak in MLB, was snapped.

Chase Meidroth reached on a fielding error and opened the scoring when Miguel Vargas singled. Brooks Baldwin doubled to drive in two runs and then scored on a double by Sosa to give the White Sox a 4-0 lead.

Sosa homered to lead off the fourth inning and Kyle Teel added a run-scoring single to make it 6-1.

James Wood struck out once, bringing his league-worst strikeout tally to 216 this season. Mark Reynolds holds the MLB single-season record for strikeouts with 223 in 2009.

Teel reached on a fielding error by Ferrer, and two pitches later, Montgomery hit a 97-mph sinker over the wall in right-center field.

Key stats

The White Sox, who were 0 for 28 during their five-game skid and batted .103 (6 of 58) with runners in scoring position over their last 12, went 5 of 11 with runners in scoring position.

 

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