{"id":71732,"date":"2025-07-28T07:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=71732"},"modified":"2025-07-28T07:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T07:03:07","slug":"deadspin-cubs-hold-on-to-lead-for-crosstown-series-win-over-white-sox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=71732","title":{"rendered":"Deadspin | Cubs hold on to lead for crosstown series win over White Sox"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26720378.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26720378.jpg\" alt=\"Deadspin | Cubs hold on to lead for crosstown series win over White Sox\" \/>Jul 27, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong (4) hits a two-run double against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">Pete Crow-Armstrong went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Ben Brown pitched five strong innings to lift the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">An early spurt staked the Cubs to a 2-1 lead before they held on to take two of three in the crosstown series.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">Daniel Palencia worked around a hit-by-pitch with two outs in the ninth inning to earn his 14th save.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">White Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi reached reliever Ryan Brasier for a three-run home run in the eighth inning, his second homer of the game, to bring the White Sox within the final margin.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">Ian Happ scored the deciding run in the top half when White Sox third baseman Colson Montgomery was called for obstruction in a rundown between home and third. It was one of three White Sox errors in the game.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-6\">The Cubs scored a pair of first-inning runs against opener Grant Taylor, who struck out Michael Busch to begin the game before encountering trouble. Crow-Armstrong punctuated the rally with a two-run double that followed a double and walk.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">Benintendi cut the deficit in half with a solo home run against Brown in the bottom of the inning. Brown (5-7) regrouped from a rough relief outing Tuesday, his first major league appearance since June 23. He spaced one run and three hits in five innings with zero walks and four strikeouts.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">Right-hander Sean Burke kept the White Sox afloat with 4 2\/3 innings of two-run, five hit relief. Burke retired eight straight Cubs during one stretch while matching a career high with eight strikeouts against just one walk.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\">Burke allowed the leadoff man to reach just once, and it hurt him. Carson Kelly led off the sixth with a single and scored on Nico Hoerner&#8217;s two-out RBI single. Matt Shaw extended his hitting streak to nine games with a run-scoring double one batter later.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-10\">Taylor (0-2) allowed two runs and two hits in one inning. He walked one and struck out two.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-11\">Luis Robert Jr. returned to the White Sox lineup after missing the past two games with adductor soreness. 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