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07/18 17:12 CDT Shane Bieber pitches Blue Jays past White Sox 1-0 to snap
Chicago's winning streak at 4
Shane Bieber pitches Blue Jays past White Sox 1-0 to snap Chicago's winning
streak at 4
By IAN HARRISON
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) --- Shane Bieber and three relievers combined on a four-hitter,
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reached base three times and the Toronto Blue Jays beat
the White Sox 1-0 on Saturday to snap Chicago's four-game winning streak.
Guerrero scored the only run on George Springer's fourth-inning single as the
Blue Jays beat the White Sox for the first time in five meetings.
Bieber (1-1) tossed six innings and struck out six to win for the first time in
five starts this season. He allowed three hits, all doubles, and walked two.
Jeff Hoffman worked the seventh, Tyler Rogers pitched the eighth and All-Star
closer Louis Varland finished for his 20th save in 20 chances.
The shutout was Toronto's seventh this year.
The White Sox are 7-13 against AL East opponents.
Bieber gave up leadoff doubles to Munetaka Murakami in the fourth and Braden
Montgomery in the fifth but escaped the jam each time.
Chase Meidroth reached on a bunt single against Rogers in the eighth, but
pinch-runner Luisangel Acua was thrown out trying to steal second.
White Sox right-hander Davis Martin (9-5) permitted four hits in 5 2/3 innings,
extending his winless streak to six starts. Martin walked two and struck out
five.
Guerrero went 2 for 3 with a walk. He hit a one-out double in the fourth and
scored when Springer followed with a grounder up the middle.
Before the game, more than two dozen players, coaches and executives from
Toronto's back-to-back World Series championship teams in 1992 and 1993
gathered for the unveiling of a statue commemorating those victories.
The statue depicts Joe Carter celebrating his 1993 World Series-winning home
run off Philadelphia reliever Mitch Williams, the first time the World Series
was decided north of the border.
Up next
Toronto RHP Trey Yesvage (4-4, 3.72 ERA) is scheduled to start Sunday against
Chicago RHP Sean Burke (6-4, 3.41).
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