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08/13 15:31 CDT Sal Stewart homers as Reds hold off Chicago White Sox for a 9-8
win
Sal Stewart homers as Reds hold off Chicago White Sox for a 9-8 win
CHICAGO (AP) --- Sal Stewart, Eugenio Surez and Tyler Stephenson homered, and
the Cincinnati Reds held off the Chicago White Sox for a 9-8 victory on
Thursday.
Stewart scored four times and Surez drove in four runs as Cincinnati took the
rubber game in the three-game series. Tejay Antone (2-0) pitched a scoreless
inning for the win, and Julian Garcia worked a shaky ninth for his second save.
Randal Grichuk had three RBIs for Chicago, which had won three of four. Chase
Meidroth and Sam Antonacci each had two hits and scored two runs.
Edgar Quero hit an RBI single for the AL Central leaders in the ninth, but
Antonacci bounced to shortstop for the final out.
White Sox right-hander Davis Martin was ejected after threw up and in on
Stewart on consecutive pitches leading off the third, hitting the rookie
slugger with the second one. Both benches and bullpens cleared, but order was
quickly restored.
Stewart hit a 419-foot solo shot in the first for his 26th homer. Stephenson
was hit by a pitch with two outs, and Surez made it 3-0 with a two-run drive
to left for his 18th of the season.
Grichuk hit a two-run double in Chicago's three-run second, but Surez hit a
tying sacrifice fly in the third and Cincinnati added four more in the fourth.
Stewart singled in Ke'Bryan Hayes, giving the Reds a 5-4 lead. One batter
later, Stephenson connected for a three-run shot off Erick Fedde (6-8).
Cincinnati tacked on another run in the sixth when Tanner McDougal walked the
bases loaded before hitting Surez with a 3-0 pitch in his major league debut.
Chicago closed to 9-7 on Andrew Benintendi's two-run single in the eighth. But
Miguel Vargas struck out swinging on a full-count curveball from Pierce
Johnson, stranding runners on the corners.
Up next
Reds: RHP Chase Burns (13-2, 2.61 ERA) starts Friday night against Miami in the
opener of an eight-game homestand. RHP Sandy Alcantara (13-6, 3.52 ERA) takes
the mound for the Marlins.
White Sox: Open a weekend series at Detroit on Friday night. RHP Jackson Jobe
(1-0, 0.00 ERA) starts for the Tigers.
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