White Sox Beat The Cubs In Bottom Of The Ninth With Tyler Saladino Walk-Off

Chicago White Sox won the first of a four game series in the Crosstown Cup. Infielder Tyler Saladino singled to center bringing home J.B. Shuck to win the game 5-4 making it the team’s third walk-off victory in a row.

There was a lot of flux yesterday with the Cubs after acquiring Aroldis Chapman for Gleyber Torres, Adam Warren, Billy McKinney and Rashad Crawford all sent to the Yankees.

At the top of the first Cub’s Kris Bryant sent one to the left and it looked like it was going to clear the eight-foot fence, but White Sox Melky Cabrera leaps and catches it sending Bryant back to the dugout.

The White Sox were the first to get on the board. Adam Eaton singled to Cubs right fielder Ben Zobrist scoring Saladino to put the White Sox up 1-0. White Sox scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth. Todd Frazier homered on a fly ball to center scoring Cabrera and Jose Abreu commanding a 4-0 lead. The game looked like it was a done deal. That was the eighth home run Jake Arrieta had given up all year and each home run has been on the road.

According to MLB.com Arrieta said his pitching needed to be more calculated against Frazier. “I threw him a first-pitch cutter. I need to be more expanded with that pitch. It was middle-middle, and he’s in a situation where he’s expecting balls in the strike zone,” he said.

Cubs got on the board in the top of the seventh with a homer by Javier Baez bringing in Miguel Montero and the Cubs within two.

The Cubs rallied in the top of the ninth Dexter Fowler singled on a ground ball to Saladino scoring Baez for his second run of the night. Anthony Rizzo singled and scored Dexter Fowler tying the game 4 – 4. Cubs scored against Matt Albers and Dan Jennings.

Bottom of the ninth Saladino singled on a ground ball the center scoring Shuck, winning the game.

Miguel Gonzalez started for the White Sox and allowed two runs on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out eight and walked two. Arrieta started for the Cubs and allowed four runs on five hits in six innings and struck out six. Jennings takes the win, bumping him to 4-2 and Mike Montgomery takes the loss for the Cubs putting him at 3-5.

The win brings the White Sox to nearly .500 at 49-50, and the loss drops the Cubs to 59-39 on the season.

Article by Lindsey Horsting