Crow-Armstrong's Walk-Off Homer Lifts Cubs Past White Sox 7-5
The Cubs center fielder capped a 4-for-5 night with his first career walk-off shot in the 10th inning of a crosstown thriller at Wrigley Field.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his first career walk-off homer, a two-run shot in the 10th inning, as the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 7-5 win over the crosstown Chicago White Sox on Monday night at Wrigley Field.
The All-Star center fielder and MVP contender opened the game with his fifth leadoff homer of the season, then ended it by driving a 2-1 slider from Hagen Smith (2-1) into the right-field patio area to lead off the 10th. It was his 30th homer of the year, one shy of his career best, and with 31 stolen bases he now has back-to-back 30-30 seasons.
Jacob Webb (5-2) escaped a bases-loaded jam in the top of the 10th to set up the finish. Crow-Armstrong drove in automatic runner Carson Kelly with the winning run and finished 4 for 5 with a walk.
The win snapped a two-game Cubs skid and ended a three-game White Sox winning streak. Chicago's South Side club had taken two of three from the Cubs earlier this season and had won six of its last eight games.
Seiya Suzuki also went deep for the Cubs, while Randal Grichuk and Andrew Benintendi homered for the White Sox. Nico Hoerner's RBI single tied the score in the bottom of the ninth after Benintendi's pinch-hit two-run homer off Ryan Zeferjahn had put Chicago's South Siders ahead 5-4 in the eighth.
Grichuk's three-run homer, his 10th of the season, had given the White Sox a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning. Cubs starter Shota Imanaga allowed three runs on two hits while striking out 10 — one shy of his season high — over six innings.
Right-hander Kevin Gausman (6-11, 4.53 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Cubs on Tuesday. The White Sox had not yet named a starter.
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