ATLANTA (AP) — Dylan Cease won for the first time in nearly two months, Luis Robert Jr. had four hits that included a two-run homer and the Chicago White Sox beat Atlanta 8-1 on Sunday to stop the Braves’ streak of 11 consecutive series wins.
Cease (4-3) had eight straight no-decisions since beating Cleveland on May 23, the most within a season in White Sox history. He allowed one run and three hits in five innings.
Matt Olson had a run-scoring single in the third, increasing his NL-leading RBIs total to 77. Atlanta had two on and one out in the fifth before Cease struck out Austin Riley and retired Olson on a flyout.
Giancarlo Stanton homered for the fourth time in four games and reached 1,000 career RBIs by driving in four runs to power the New York Yankees over the Colorado Rockies 6-3.
Jake Burger’s sixth-inning homer off Spencer Strider gave Chicago the lead, Andrew Benintendi drove in three runs with three hits and the White Sox beat the Braves 6-5 for their first win in Atlanta.
Gunnar Henderson homered to start a two-run seventh-inning for Baltimore, and the Orioles rallied from an early four-run deficit to win their seventh straight game, 6-5 over the Miami Marlins.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s major league-leading 33rd homer keyed the Angels’ tying rally in the ninth inning, and rookie Trey Cabbage scored on Grae Kessinger’s throwing error in the 10th to end Los Angeles’ wild 13-12 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.
Reynaldo López, Aaron Bummer and Jesse Scholtens finished a five-hitter and ended the Braves’ streak of consecutive games with home runs at a franchise-record 28. Atlanta had been 7-0 in the decisive third games of three-game series this season.
Chicago had 14 hits, its most since June 28, and took two of three for its first series win since June 23-25 against Boston.
Jake Burger hit a two-run homer and Robert had three singles before hitting a two-run homer off Michael Soroka in the sixth, Robert’s 27th home run this season.
Andrew Benintendi had three hits and scored three runs.
Braves left-hander Kolby Allard (0-1) was pulled with left shoulder tightness after allowing four runs and seven hits in 1 1/2 innings. Manager Brian Snitker and an athletic trainer visited the mound in the second following five hits by the the White Sox in the inning.
Chicago took a 4-0 lead in the second. Andrew Vaughn singled and scored on Burger’s 461-foot homer to center field, Chicago’s longest home run this season. Burger hit the go-ahead homer in Saturday night’s 6-5 win.
Soroka made his first relief outing since 2016 at Class A Rome. He entered in the fifth and allowed two runs and three hits with three strikeouts in three innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: RF Eloy Jiménez left in the second inning with left groin tightness. Gavin Sheets pinch hit for Jiménez and remained in the game in right field.
Braves: LF Eddie Rosario (right hamstring tightness) was given the day off after leaving Saturday night’s game. Sam Hilliard filled in and was 0 for 2 in his first start since May 23.
UP NEXT
White Sox: RHP Lucas Giolito (6-5, 3.44) is scheduled to start when Chicago opens another series against an NL East team on Tuesday at RHP Carlos Carrasco (3-3, 5.16) and the New York Mets.
Braves: RHP Bryce Elder (7-2, 2.97) is scheduled to start in Tuesday night’s series opener against visiting Arizona and Zach Davies (1-5, 6.37).
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