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White Sox

Bichette slam, Kirk HR as Blue Jays beat Chisox, avoid sweep

Lucas Giolito (4-4) allowed seven runs on a season-high 11 hits in five innings. He has a 9.47 ERA in his last five starts.

White Sox

Harrison lifts White Sox over Blue Jays 7-6 in 12 innings

Luis Robert matched a career high with four RBIs and made a sliding grab in center field in the top of the 12th, helping the White Sox (33-33) win for the sixth time in eight games. The reigning AL Central champions returned to .500 for the first time since beating the crosstown Cubs on May 29.

Cubs

Rookies Madris, Contreras lead Pirates to 7-1 win over Cubs

Jason Heyward had two hits for the Cubs, who lost for the 13th time in 15 games. Patrick Wisdom accounted for their lone run with a 461-foot leadoff homer into the bullpens in center field leading off the fourth inning.

White Sox

Andrew Vaughn gets 4 hits as White Sox beat Blue Jays 8-7

Vaughn matched a career high with four hits, including a solo homer, and the Chicago White Sox celebrated Tim Anderson's return with an 8-7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday.

Cubs

Newly promoted Cruz, Madris spark Pirates, rout Cubs 12-1

The Cubs scored their run in the seventh on Ian Happ’s single. Happ, Rafael Ortega and Nico Hoerner had two hits apiece. Both teams came into Monday having lost 11 of their last 13 games.

White Sox

Matijevic homers for 1st MLB hit, Astros beat White Sox 4-3

Kopech yielded a season-high seven hits with four runs and four strikeouts in five innings in his return after leaving his last start last Sunday in the first inning with discomfort in his right knee. It was the second time this season he'd allowed two homers in a game.

Cubs

Anderson, Olson lead Braves over Cubs, avoid 1st 3-game skid

While Anderson breezed through Chicago's lineup for much of the day, Kyle Hendricks (2-6) struggled for the Cubs. The right-hander dropped to 1-4 with a 6.81 ERA in eight career games against Atlanta.

Cubs

Cubs' Contreras gets 3 hits and steal, beats brother, Braves

Chicago won a day after ending its 10-game losing streak and also stopping the Braves’ 14-game winning string.

White Sox

Cueto, López combine for 3-hitter as Chisox down Astros 7-0

Cueto (1-3) allowed two hits and struck out five in a season-high seven innings to get his first win since July 29 with San Francisco.

Cubs

Joe Musgrove stars as Padres beat lowly Cubs 6-4

The Cubs have been outscored 90-28 during their longest slide since they lost 12 consecutive games from August 5-16. They have held leads in seven of the 10 straight losses.

White Sox

Moncada's five hits, five RBIs lead White Sox past Tigers

Yoán Moncada had five hits and five RBIs, including a run-scoring single against Kody Clemens, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 13-0 on Wednesday for a three-game series sweep.

Cubs

Machado homers in hit parade, Padres pelt Cubs 19-5

Rookie Christopher Morel had a solo shot and three RBIs for the Cubs, losers of nine straight. San Diego has outscored Chicago 35-11 in the first three of a four-game series.