Tommy Pham singled home the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning Saturday and the visiting Chicago White Sox edged the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 in a game delayed by rain for more than three hours in the bottom of the 10th.
The Cardinals loaded the bases against White Sox reliever John Brebbia with nobody out in the bottom of the 10th. Brebbia rallied to strike out Lars Nootbaar and Masyn Winn before a torrential rainstorm interrupted play with an 0-1 count on pinch-hitter Ivan Herrera. After the delay, Tanner Banks replaced Brebbia and struck out Herrera in four pitches.
Korey Lee hit a tying two-run single in the sixth inning for the White Sox, who snapped their four-game losing streak.
White Sox starting pitcher Erick Fedde allowed five runs on four hits and five walks in 4 1/3 innings. Reliever Michael Kopech (1-3) earned the victory and Banks earned his first save.
Chicago reliever Dominic Leone exited with an injury in the eighth inning.
Nolan Arenado went 3-for-3 with a three-run homer and two walks for the Cardinals, who have lost three of their last four games.
Cardinals starting pitcher Lance Lynn allowed five runs (four earned) on four hits and three walks in five innings. Randy Fernandez (0-1) took the loss.
The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Nicky Lopez hit a leadoff single, Pham walked, Gavin Sheets laced an RBI double, and Eloy Jimenez lifted a sacrifice fly.
The White Sox made it 3-0 with an unearned run in the fourth inning. Andrew Benintendi singled, took second on a groundout and scored when second baseman Nolan Gorman misplayed Lee’s grounder for an error.
The Cardinals broke through against Fedde in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead.
Gorman walked leading off and went to third base on Michael Siani’s single. Brendan Donovan hit a two-run double, Willson Contreras walked and Arenado launched his second homer of the season one out later.
Chicago tied the game 5-5 in the sixth inning after Lynn walked Sheets and Jimenez to start the frame. A groundout advanced the runners, and Lee lined a two-run single.
–Field Level Media
