streak snapped at seven games by the Baltimore Orioles Tyson Ross Jersey , who ended an eight-game skid by defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 7-0 on Monday night.Striving to tie the major league record of homering in eight straight games, Morales went 0 for 3 with a walk and did not hit the ball out of the infield. In his final chance, the Toronto slugger swung through a slider from Paul Fry to strike out in the eighth inning.Though he failed to match the mark shared by Dale Long, Don Mattingly and Ken Griffey Jr., Morales owns the big league record for successive games with a home run by a switch-hitter. He also owns the franchise record for consecutive games with a long ball.Facing Baltimore rookie David Hess, against whom he homered last week, Morales struck out in the first inning, grounded out in the fourth and drew a four-pitch walk in the sixth.Hess (3-8) tossed six innings of four-hit ball to earn his first win since May 25. He was 0-7 in his previous 12 starts, though he did pitch very well against Toronto his last time out.The game was scoreless until the Orioles broke through in the sixth against Sam Gaviglio (3-7).Trey Mancini homered and matched a career high with five RBIs as Baltimore improved to 2-12 against Toronto with its first win since Aug. 18.ASTROS 11, ATHLETICS 4HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman and Tyler White homered and drove in four runs apiece as Houston rallied to beat Oakland in the opener of their AL West showdown.It was the sixth straight win for the first-place Astros, who moved to 2 1/2 games ahead of the Athletics.George Springer and Jose Altuve each drove in a run during a five-run third inning that erased an early 4-0 deficit. This was the first game with Springer, Altuve and Carlos Correa in the lineup together since June 25. Springer, who pinch-hit Sunday, missed the previous five games with a quadriceps injury.Bregman tied a career high with four hits.The A’s jumped on starter Gerrit Cole (12-5) for four runs behind a two-run homer by Marcus Semien in the second and a two-run run shot by Matt Chapman in the third.Cole allowed four hits and struck out eight to move ahead of teammate Justin Verlander (229) and into first place in the AL with 234 strikeouts.Brett Anderson (3-4) allowed five runs and seven hits in 2 2/3 innings.CUBS 7, METS 4CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Lester pitched six innings, drove in two runs with a timely single off Noah Syndergaard and made two nice plays in the field to help Chicago beat New York Mets for its sixth consecutive victory.Anthony Rizzo homered and Daniel Murphy reached three more times from the leadoff spot as the NL-leading Cubs moved a season-high 24 games over .500 by improving to 5-0 against the Mets this year. Murphy, who began his career with the Mets, is batting .407 (11 for 27) in six games since he was acquired in a trade with Washington.Lester was in line for his 15th win before Kevin Plawecki hit a solo homer off Steve Cishek (4-1) in the seventh, tying it at 4 on a warm and windy night at Wrigley Field. But the Cubs went ahead to stay with two runs in the bottom half, including Ben Zobrist’s tiebreaking double off Jerry Blevins (1-2).New York loaded the bases in the ninth before Jesse Chavez struck out Amed Rosario and Austin Jackson for his third save of the season, helping the Cubs (77-53) increase their NL Central lead to 4 1/2 games over idle St. Louis.Michael Conforto hit a tape-measure homer for New York. Syndergaard allowed four runs and nine hits in six innings.NATIONALS 5, PHILLIES 3PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Stephen Strasburg threw six effective innings, Matt Wieters hit a solo homer and Washington defeated Philadelphia.Strasburg (7-7) gave up two runs and five hits, striking out five. He rebounded from a rough start against Philadelphia last week in his return from the disabled list.The Phillies fell 3 1/2 games behind first-place Atlanta in the NL East after losing the opener for the seventh straight series. They’re 6-12 since Aug. 8 and have dropped five games in the standings during that span.Zach Eflin (9-5) allowed five runs — three earned — and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. His throwing error in the fourth cost him.Rhys Hoskins hit his 27th homer for Philadelphia.Justin Miller tossed a perfect ninth for his first save.WHITE SOX 6, YANKEES 2NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Rodon pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, Yoan Moncada doubled in two runs and the surging Chicago White Sox beat New York for their fourth straight win.Rodon (6-3) allowed a two-run homer to Gleyber Torres but was strong otherwise, and Chicago’s bullpen closed out a three-hitter. The White Sox have won 10 of 13 and clinched their first winning month this season by improving to 15-10 in August.Rodon is 5-0 with a 1.84 ERA in his past nine starts. The 25-year-old left-hander hasn’t lost since June 30.New York (83-48) missed an opportunity to gain ground on the idle Red Sox Allen Craig Jersey , falling 6 1/2 games back of the AL East leaders. The Yankees were coming off four-game sweep in Baltimore and had won eight of nine, shaving 4½ games off Boston’s lead in a span of eight days.Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka (9-5) permitted four runs in seven innings. He gave up 10 hits, equaling a career high.GIANTS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 0SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Chris Stratton threw a career-high eight innings to outpitch Patrick Corbin, and Steven Duggar hit an early two-run homer as San Francisco blanked Arizona.The Diamondbacks remained a game up in the NL West over Colorado when the Rockies lost to the Angels.Stratton (9-7) permitted five hits, struck out six and allowed only two runners past first base. He walked none and retired 17 of his final 18 batters to win for the first time since June 17.Tony Watson set down two hitters and Hunter Strickland got one out for his 14th save, completing the five-hitter.Corbin (10-5) had nine strikeouts and one walk in seven innings while absorbing his first loss in six starts against the Giants this season. He gave up four hits.ANGELS 10, ROCKIES 7ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani homered, Eric Young Jr. drove in the go-ahead run during a five-run eighth inning and Los Angeles blew a three-run lead before rallying past Colorado to snap a six-game skid.After DJ LeMahieu’s first career grand slam put the Rockies up 7-5 in the eighth, the struggling Angels improbably mounted a five-run surge in the bottom of the inning.Los Angeles loaded the bases against Adam Ottavino (6-3) and got a run on Andrelton Simmons‘ sacrifice fly before Young capped an eight-pitch at-bat with a two-out, bases-loaded single off Seunghwan Oh. The Angels added two insurance runs on shortstop Trevor Story’s throwing error.Ohtani hit a three-run shot and Trout added his first homer since returning from injury for the Angels, who have won 11 of their last 12 meetings with Colorado. Noe Ramirez earned his first career save.Tony Wolters hit an early homer for the Rockies, but their bullpen wasted a chance to pull even with Arizona atop the NL West.Jim Johnson (5-3) was the winner. 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HomeDepth ChartTransactionsMasthead MastheadMeet the Players!Links White Sox Web LinksSouth Side Sox standardsCommunity GuidelinesOdds Shop StubHub Sox Game RecapsMarch reruns: Big bats, pitching splats in White Sox 11-9 loss to CubsNew,6commentsMoncada, Rivera, Pantera and Mendick lead a young guns offensive assault on the northsidersCDTShareTweetShareShareMarch reruns: Big bats, pitching splats in White Sox 11-9 loss to CubsNot half bad: Sure, Robert ended the game with a 6-4-3 as the winning run — but put himself in position to be such with a two-out double in the seventh to tie the game.Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsThat the Chicago White Sox were only slightly more dreadful than their crosstown rivals in Friday’s 11-9 descent into madness provides little recompense. After all, it was a game that, at least from the pitching end, would have been better suited for February play, not a tuneup 10 days from Opening Day.Lucas Giolito started and, as is his spring wont http://www.padresfanproshop.com/authentic-brad-hand-jersey , came away positive with his effort. He was particularly pleased with the feel of his curve, some “10 times” better than it was a year ago, per comments postgame. And he did whiff seven Cubs over five innings — including four in the first frame, courtesy of a dropped third. Your browser does not support HTML5 video.But before Giolito walks away to the whirlpool too slap-happy, the lanky righthander still surrendered two (solo) homers, six hits, two walks and four earned runs over those five innings. Perhaps such postgame pride is a boon of diminished expectations.Your browser does not support HTML5 video.Problem was, unlike other outings for Giolito this spring, his bullpen did little bail him out today. We may be entering official bunchy-underwear territory with last year’s rookie southpaw phenom Jace Fry, who subbed for Giolito in the sixth and failed to survive the frame, giving up two earned, two hits, and a homer before getting the hook. “Previously Teflon” Dylan Covey applied a touch more lighter fluid to the flaming wreck at Camelback Ranch, surrendering an RBI single to his first batter, Albert Almora, and promptly whiffing on a pickoff throw against pinch-runner Wyton Bernard. Covey only escaped the inning thanks to Leury Garc铆a, who fielded a second straight hit, David Bote’s single, and nailed Bernard trying to score. In the seventh, Covey surrendered three more singles and two runs, ending the outing having given up five hits and two earned in 1 1鈦? innings. The good side of the White Sox surrendering eight runs in the first seven innings was that the Cubs did same. After a James McCann RBI single got the hometown heroes on the board in the third, Yo谩n Moncada took a first-pitch, outer-half changeup from northside $20 million southpaw Cole Hamels deep to left field for a three-run bomb that put the White Sox up, 4-3. Oh, and hell yeah, Nancy Faust was on hand to tickle the ivories, attempting to coax a curtain call outta Yo谩n with a “Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)” straight outta 1977.Moncada has shown some prodigious production from the right side this spring Tony Gwynn Jersey , and jumping on first-pitch changeup cheese from Hamels is a reflection of his increased aggression at the plate. Tentatively, pencil Moncada in for far fewer caught lookings this season.After the Cubs tied the game back up in the fourth, Brandon Guyer tapped an RBI safety to drive in Adam Engel in the bottom half, putting the White Sox back up, 5-4. Finally, after the Cubs pushed ahead with their clubbing of Covey, the baby Sox took over and rallied to tie in the bottom of the seventh. After Zack Collins led off with a K came three straight hits, trailed by a Laz Rivera double, to get one run on the board. After Danny Mendick was cut down at home on a Nick Madrigal tapper to third for the second out, Luis Robert got all clutch again, with a double down the left-field line to plate two and knot the game, 8-8.And that’s where Nate Jones game in. Our lead SSS sassmouth, the unknown comic known as @SouthSideSox, explains today’s Nate Jones Experience succinctly:It was sorta ugly: as Daryl (sorta) said, the dance card went single-homer-double-walk and by golly, justlikethat the White Sox were down, 10-8, Jones failing to record an out before Ricky hooked him. Ryan Burr, entering a house on fire, got Zack Short to whiff and then benefitted from another dumb Cubbie baserunning blunder (Kyle Schwarber — I repeat, Kyle Schwarber — was cut down on a 2-1 count with one out, the lead runner in a double steal attempt), as Jared Young learned not the lessons of his forebears and was likewise erased at third base in a steal attempt. Burr almost parlayed such dopiness into a miracle act of firefighting, but alas latest Theo Epstein bronzing project Nico Hoerner doubled in a run, making the game 11-8.In the bottom of the ninth, after another three straight hits with one out (capped by a Madrigal RBI single), Robert stepped to the plate as the winning run Dave Winfield Jersey , having pulled this act twice already (with dingers) in his two South Side springs. But La Pantera had little growl in him in the end, grounding into a game-ending, 6-4-3 double play.Other, random highlights from the ballgame:Two hits apiece from , Guyer, Rivera (serving some notice that, dudes, just keep overlooking me, I’ll be playing for a roster spot in a year’s time), Mendick and McCann.Six of nine RBI on the afternoon came with two out.Burr, all but assured himself of heading north with the club, between his steely outing in the eighth and Juan Minaya getting the heave-ho outta camp and down to Triple-A after a rough spring.Alex , had a one-hit, scoreless ninth, without the benefit of any Cubbie baserunning foppery. He had a brief injury scare while taking a tumble attempting to field Taylor Davis’ infield single, but shrugged it off like a badass hombre and coaxed a 3-unassisted outta Bernard.Despite an uneven spring, the White Sox fall to just 7-11, four games worse than those gilded ivy bumblers in Cactus play. Just imagine if the two teams are within four games of one another when the games are for real, this summer.Tomorrow brings another matinee in front of a sellout Camelback crowd, this time hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nova attempts to right the ship against a heretofore-unknown but utterly seventies B-movie looking L.A. hurler named Tony Gonsolin. Tune in at WhiteSox.com or NBC Sports Chicago to catch all the funky bass rocking the park as Gonsolin pitches, before the White Sox bats knock him west to a Hollywood back lot. Game’s at 3:05 CT sharp, pardners.