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Tristan Peters walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th inning, forcing home automatic runner Chase Meidroth and giving the Chicago White Sox a 2-1 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday. The victory allowed the American League Central leaders to split the four-game series, having won the final two contests in extra frames.
Peters' game-ending walk came against Yankees reliever Fernando Cruz (4-5), who threw four consecutive balls after working back from a 3-0 count to strike out Colson Montgomery one batter earlier. Seranthony Dominguez (4-3) tossed a scoreless top of the 11th to earn the win.
The White Sox recorded their ninth walk-off victory of the season, while the Yankees fell to 1-8 in extra-inning games. Trent Grisham collected two hits for New York, including a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the 10th. Chicago answered in the bottom half when Andrew Benintendi delivered a run-scoring single.
Key Analysis
Both starting pitchers turned in stellar performances. Yankees left-hander Ryan Weathers allowed just three hits and three walks over seven scoreless innings, striking out four. He worked around a one-out single by Munetaka Murakami in the first and a two-out double from Randal Grichuk, stranding runners in each inning from the third through the sixth. Chicago right-hander Sean Burke matched him with six shutout frames, scattering three hits and two walks while fanning 10 for the second consecutive start. Burke reached double-digit strikeouts after four innings before relying on more contact in the final two frames, stranding Austin Wells after a one-out double in the fifth.
The Yankees claimed the season series 4-3, but fell 3 1/2 games behind first-place Tampa Bay in the AL East. The White Sox extended their lead over Cleveland in the Central to two games.
Originally reported by yardbarker.