ANDREW Benintendi hit a walk-off homer as the Chicago White Sox halted their franchise-record home losing streak at 16 games with a 7-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
Gavin Sheets also homered for Chicago, which won at home for the first time since Aug. 12. The White Sox recordedtheir second walk-off victory of the season after Oakland tied the score with three runs in the top of the ninth.
Gus Varland (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. Nicky Lopez, Luis Robert Jr., Lenyn Sosa and Benintendi each had three hits.
The game-winner came moments after Oakland rallied in the top of the ninth. With the bases loaded and no outs against Justin Anderson, two runs scored when Shea Langeliers reached on a fielding error by Sosa. Two batters later, Zack Gelof tied the score with an RBI single.
In other games, it was the Red Sox 7, Yankees 1; Orioles 4, Tigers 2; Royals 5, Pirates 1; Blue Jays 7, Cardinals 2; Phillies 6, Mets 4; Guardians 6, Rays 1; Nationals 4, Marlins 1; Reds 11, Twins 1; Braves 10, Dodgers 1; Rockies 6, Cubs 5 (10 innings); Brewers 15, Diamondbacks 8; Padres 8, Giants 0; and Mariners 5, Rangers 4.
Red Sox 7, Yankees 1
Rafael Devers hit a two-run single after drawing a bases-empty intentional walk in his previous at-bat as Boston cruised past host New York.
Devers drew the free pass from Yankees starter Gerrit Cole (6-5) with the Red Sox down 1-0 in the fourth inning. According to the YES Network sourcing stathead.com, it was on record the earliest intentional walk with the bases empty ever issued by New York.
Masataka Yoshida and Wilyer Abreu followed with RBI hits to give Boston a 3-1 lead.
Devers added his two-run single to make it 5-1 in the fifth. Cole, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, was tagged for a season-high seven runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings for the Yankees.
Orioles 4, Tigers 2
Corbin Burnes tossed seven shutout innings and Gunnar Henderson blasted his 37th home run as visiting Baltimore beat Detroit.
Burnes (14-8) gave up two hits, walked one and struck out seven for the Orioles.
Henderson had two hits, scored two runs and knocked in a pair, while Cedric Mullins supplied two hits and an RBI.
Parker Meadows started a two-run rally in the ninth for Detroit with a solo homer. Colt Keith had three hits and scored the Tigers’ other run.
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