 tossed 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to get the win. He allowed just one hit while walking three and striking out two.White Sox starter Reynaldo Lopez allowed two runs on one hit in 3 1/3 innings, striking out four and walking two while throwing 50 pitches. The right-hander, who was activated from the 10-day Injured List before the game, lasted just two-thirds of an inning before leaving his start on July 26 with shoulder soreness.Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks (3-3) allowed three runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. The right-hander was 8-2 with a 1.96 ERA in his previous 16 starts at Wrigley Field.The White Sox jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second on line-drive homer to center by Robert, who also hit a two-run shot in the second on Friday.Victor Caratini's two-run double in the bottom half of the inning tied it.Abreu's solo shot to right in the sixth put the White Sox on top 3-2. He hit a two-run homer in the eighth on an 0-2 pitch from Rowan Wick - made it 5-2.Grandal and Abreu made it 7-3 with back-to-back solo homers off Duane Underwood Jr. in the ninth.BRYANT ON ILThe Cubs placed 3B Kris Bryant on the 10-day injured list before the game with a sprained finger on his left hand. Bryant also got an injection for his ailing left wrist on Tuesday. The injuries occurred when he made a diving attempt on Cesar Hernandez's flare to left field in the fifth inning of a 7-2 victory at Cleveland on Aug. 12.The 2016 NL MVP hasn't played since Monday's doubleheader split against St. Louis. The IL move is retroactive to Wednesday. The 28-year-old Bryant is batting just .177 with 20 strikeouts in 16 games.The team did not announce a corresponding roster move.TRAINER'S ROOMWhite Sox: To make room for Lopez on the active roster, OF Nicky Delmonico was optioned to the team's alternate training site in Schaumburg.Cubs: LHP Jose Quintana (left thumb) is ready to return to action, but the veteran starter may be used out of the bullpen initially. ''We've had conversations with Q on how to build him back to the team, and that's an option,'' manager David Ross said.UP NEXTThe Cubs' Yu Darvish (4-1, 1.80 ERA) and White Sox's Dylan Cease (4-1, 3.16) face off in the series finale on Sunday. Both right-handers have won each of their last four starts. Darvish has a 1.04 ERA over that span, compared with 1.93 for Cease.More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Jimenez, White Sox aim to keep bashing at Wrigley FieldEloy Jimenez envisioned hitting home runs at Wrigley Field as he ascended the Chicago Cubs' minor league system.These days, the left fielder is indeed going deep at the Friendly Confines -- as a member of the crosstown Chicago White Sox.After hitting one of six home runs for the visiting White Sox during their 10-1 rout of the Cubs on Friday, Jimenez will look to help his club to its seventh straight victory Saturday night.Jimenez, who was acquired from the Cubs' organization in a 2017 trade, has played a key role in the White Sox's recent surge, batting .407 (11-for-27) with four home runs and seven RBIs in the past seven games."I'm feeling much better at the plate, more confidence," Jimenez said. "I'm just trying to see the ball and hit it, but I'm trying to see a pitch in the zone where I can do damage." Jimenez smacked his team-leading ninth home run Friday, his second career home run at Wrigley Field. The memories of his first round-tripper there are something Jimenez isn't likely to let fade.On June 18, 2019, he hit a go-ahead, two-run homer against Pedro Strop in the top of the ninth to lead the White Sox past the Cubs 3-1."It's special," Jimenez said. "My first game at Wrigley Field. I was dreaming of that, hit a home run here. Not against them, but after they traded me, I said, 'Oh, yeah. I want to hit it against them.'"Rookie center fielder Luis Robert, who also homered Friday after returning from a two-game absence caused by right hand soreness, finds motivation in Jimenez's work ethic."He likes to work hard, and this is the kind of offense we're going to be used to seeing from Eloy," Robert said through an interpreter. "That's the kind of player that he is, and I'm just happy he's having this great run." The White Sox extended their all-time series lead against the Cubs to 63-60 with the Friday win.Although Cubs fans ultimately wouldn't have had much to cheer Friday night, players anticipated an eerie experience without spectators for the series against their crosstown rivals."You miss it," Cubs third baseman David Bote said of the fans' presence. "You miss the electric, you miss the feel, you miss the chants, you miss the oohs and the aahs and the silence and the beer vendors and all the things that you love to hear at a ballpark. It's definitely something you miss." Right-hander Reynaldo Lopez is set to start for the White Sox in his first action since July 26, when he left with right shoulder inflammation after allowing a grad slam to the Minnesota Twins and getting only two outs. Lopez (0-1, 54.00 ERA) won his lone career start against the Cubs, lasting seven innings and yielding one run in 2018.Looking for his third win in four August starts, Cubs righty Kyle Hendricks (3-2, 3.31 ERA) gets the call for the Cubs. Hendricks is 1-3 with a 3.55 ERA in seven career starts against the White Sox.The White Sox expect third baseman Yoan Moncada back in the lineup Saturday after he missed the Friday game with leg soreness. Cubs counterpart Kris Bryant has missed four consecutive games because of left wrist soreness.--Field Level Media
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