{"id":62957,"date":"2025-06-21T09:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T09:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=62957"},"modified":"2025-06-21T09:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T09:15:25","slug":"deadspin-white-sox-take-opener-vs-blue-jays-to-end-8-game-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=62957","title":{"rendered":"Deadspin | White Sox take opener vs. Blue Jays to end 8-game slide"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26500653.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26500653.jpg\" alt=\"Deadspin | White Sox take opener vs. Blue Jays to end 8-game slide\" \/>Jun 20, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Chicago White Sox centre fielder Luis Robert Jr. (88) celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the third inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">Luis Robert Jr. hit a two-run home run, Tyler Alexander pitched four scoreless relief innings and the visiting Chicago White Sox defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Friday night.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">Andrew Benintendi added a solo shot and had two RBIs while Josh Rojas contributed two RBIs for the White Sox, who ended an eight-game losing streak by taking the opener of a three-game series.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">Bo Bichette had three hits and an RBI for the Blue Jays, who have lost two in a row.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">Spencer Turnbull (1-1) was making his first start as a Blue Jay and his first pitch to Benintendi with one out in the first was a center-cut fastball that was hit over the right field wall.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">Grant Taylor was the White Sox&#8217; opener, making his first major league start, and pitched one perfect inning. Scheduled starter Davis Martin was put on the injured list with a right forearm strain.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-6\">Taylor was replaced by Alexander (4-7), who scattered four hits with two strikeouts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">Chicago added two runs in the second. Lenyn Sosa tripled against the center field wall on a drive that eluded Jonatan Clase and right fielder Addison Barger had trouble retrieving the ball. Austin Slater hit a two-out RBI single, Rojas singled, Chase Meidroth walked and Benintendi hit an RBI single to right. Rojas also tried to score on the hit but was thrown out at home.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">Miguel Vargas walked to open the third. Mason Fluharty replaced Turnbull, and one out later, Robert hit a mammoth homer to left on a 1-0 sweeper.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\">Turnbull allowed four runs, five hits and two walks with two strikeouts in his two-plus innings, but Chicago was not finished in the third. Sosa and Slater walked and Rojas slammed a two-run double to the right field wall beyond Barger&#8217;s leap.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-10\">Toronto loaded the bases with one out in the fifth on three singles, but Tyler Heineman grounded into a double play.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-11\">Chicago&#8217;s Wikelman Gonzalez made his major league debut in the seventh and allowed two walks and Bichette&#8217;s RBI single in the eighth. Gonzalez had two strikeouts over his two innings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-12\">&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadspin | White Sox take opener vs. Blue Jays to end 8-game slide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":62959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Deadspin | White Sox take opener vs. Blue Jays to end 8-game slide - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=62957\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Deadspin | White Sox take opener vs. Blue Jays to end 8-game slide - 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