Chicago White Sox’s Oscar Colas scores past New York Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka on a double by Elvis Andrus during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
CHICAGO (AP) — Mike Clevinger pitched six strong innings, Elvis Andrus drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 9-2 on Wednesday night for their fourth win in five games.
Yoan Moncada doubled twice and scored one run while Yasmani Grandal had two hits with an RBI and a run. Gregory Santos pitched two scoreless innings to earn his third save of the season for Chicago (47-69).
After dealing with multiple controversies over the last two weeks, the White Sox expressed optimism about putting their woes behind them.
“It’s been a lot of fun to show up here,” Clevinger said. “That’s something I felt we were missing in the early part of the year. We’re just having fun playing baseball, keeping every day within itself and not looking at tomorrow or the next day or two days ago. (We’re) just staying present.”
The Yankees have now lost seven out of their last 11 games. They went into today five games back from a wild-card spot. Aaron Judge, who went 1 for 3 with a run, said the team is not focused on the standings as it attempts to make a postseason push.
“We got a job to do on the field,” Judge said. “You have to focus on the game we are playing and not where we are at. I’ll look at the standings right before the postseason starts.”
The only offense they could muster against Clevinger was a solo homer by Giancarlo Stanton — his 18th. The Yankees (59-56) were 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position as Clevinger (5-5) held them to three hits.
After Ian Hamilton worked a scoreless first inning as New York’s opener, Luis Severino (2-7) gave up four runs on five hits in two innings coming out of the bullpen. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said before the game he hoped the struggling…
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