Quero hits a game-ending homer as the White Sox beat the Cubs 9-8 in 10
innings
[May 18, 2026]
By JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Edgar Quero hit a two-run homer in the
10th inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Chicago Cubs 9-8 on
Sunday in the rubber game of their first crosstown series this season.
Batting with Chase Meidroth on third and one out, Quero drove a 95.5 mph
fastball from Ryan Rolison (3-1) to center field for his first homer of
the year. Quero finished with three hits and three RBIs after going 4
for 37 in his previous 15 games. |
Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong, right, cannot catch a
two-run double hit by Chicago White Sox's Miguel Vargas during the fifth
inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP
Photo/Nam Y. Huh) |
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Andrew Benintendi went 3 for 3 and Miguel Vargas drove in two
runs as the White Sox closed out an impressive 7-2 homestand.
Tyler Davis (2-1) got three outs for the win in front of a
sellout crowd of 38,608.
The White Sox grabbed a 7-4 lead on Tristan Peters’ first career
homer, a three-run shot off Phil Maton in the eighth. But the
Cubs tied it on Michael Conforto’s three-run drive off
Seranthony Domínguez in the ninth.
Michael Busch also went deep for the NL Central-leading Cubs,
who lost for the sixth time in eight games. Alex Bregman had two
hits and two RBIs.
Busch connected for his fourth homer after Nico Hoerner hit a
leadoff single in the first. Busch's 379-foot drive to right
extended his on-base streak to a career-high 18 games.
Bregman singled home Dansby Swanson for a 4-1 lead in the
fourth. The Cubs had a chance for a bigger inning, but Ian Happ
bounced into a double play with runners on the corners.
Benintendi responded with an RBI double for the White Sox in the
bottom half, and the South Siders added two more in the fifth.
With two outs and runners at the corners, Vargas hit a drive to
right-center on a warm and windy afternoon at Rate Field. Pete
Crow-Armstrong tried to make a leaping catch for the Cubs, but
it went off the wall for a tying two-run double.
Up next
Cubs: LHP Shota Imanaga (4-3, 2.32 ERA) starts Monday night in
the opener of a three-game series against Milwaukee. RHP Brandon
Sproat (1-2, 5.75 ERA) takes the mound for the visiting Brewers.
White Sox: LHP Noah Schultz (2-2, 4.91 ERA) and Mariners RHP
Bryan Woo (3-2, 3.91 ERA) start Monday night in the opener of a
three-game set at Seattle.
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