Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs

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Chicago White Sox

14-31, 5-19 Away

Final
3 - 13

Chicago Cubs

26-19, 13-10 Home

Crow-Armstrong drives in 6 as the Cubs pound the White Sox 13-3 at a windy Wrigley Field

Pete Crow-Armstrong puts Cubs ahead with 3-run HR

Seiya Suzuki had two hits and two RBI for the NL Central-leading Cubs on a warm and windy afternoon at Wrigley Field. Nico Hoerner scored three times, and Cade Horton (2-0) pitched five innings of three-run ball in his first career start.

The Cubs earned their sixth consecutive win against the White Sox, matching a franchise record for the series.

Miguel Vargas went deep twice for the White Sox in his first career multihomer game. He also matched a career high with four hits.

Vargas connected for a two-run drive in the first and a solo drive in the third. But the Cubs went ahead to stay with six runs in the second against Shane Smith (1-3).

With one out and runners on second and third, Michael Busch used a nifty slide to score on Moisés Ballesteros' chopper to first baseman Andrew Vaughn. Hoerner then hit a grounder to shortstop Chase Meidroth, who made a strong throw to the plate that was dropped by catcher Matt Thaiss for an error.

After Jon Berti struck out looking, Crow-Armstrong hit a three-run drive to right for his 12th homer. Suzuki tacked on an RBI double for a 6-2 lead.

Smith was charged with one earned run and seven hits in five innings. The rookie right-hander struck out five and walked one.

Crow-Armstrong also drove in Hoerner with a wind-aided single in the sixth, and then singled home two more runs in the seventh for a 10-3 lead.

Key moment Ballesteros hit an RBI single in the eighth for his first hit in his second major league game.

Key stat Smith has surrendered two homers in 48 1/3 innings in his first big league season. He allowed a three-run shot by Boston's Rafael Devers on April 19.

Up next White Sox right-hander Sean Burke (2-4, 4.15 ERA) and Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd (3-2, 2.78 ERA) take the mound on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Baldwin grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Quero out at second.
	9th Inning	Rojas struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Quero singled to left.
	9th Inning	Merryweather relieved Pressly
	9th Inning	Lopez at shortstop.
	9th Inning	Bruján at third base.

Statistics

CHW		CHC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
12	Ground Balls	11
4	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	12
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	15
1	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	13
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
36	At Bats	39
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	4
20	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	0
134	Pitches	160
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	24
36	Plate Appearances	45
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	6
5.2	Runs Created	10.1
.306	Batting Average	.385
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.615
.222	Secondary Average	.308
.306	On Base Percentage	.422
.806	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.038
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.5
32.0	Batter Rating	79.5
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	39.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.72	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.56
.194	Isolated Power	.231
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.044
-.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.077
6.0	Runs Produced	25.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
87.0	MLB Rating	116.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0