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08/18 23:57 CDT Crow-Armstrong makes MLB history, Bregman give Cubs another
walk-off win over White Sox, 4-3
Crow-Armstrong makes MLB history, Bregman give Cubs another walk-off win over
White Sox, 4-3
By LUKE DeCOCK
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) --- Pete Crow-Armstrong made MLB history with a leadoff home run
and Alex Bregman's RBI single gave the Chicago Cubs a second straight walk-off
win over the Chicago White Sox, 4-3 on Tuesday night.
Carson Kelly led off the bottom of the ninth with a double to left off Trevor
Richards (0-1). The White Sox intentionally walked Crow-Armstrong before
Bregman delivered the Cubs' MLB-leading 13th walk-off win of the season.
Bregman singled in pinch-runner Kevin Alcantara off Grant Taylor in the seventh
to tie the score.
Crow-Armstrong led off with a home run, his 31st, for the second straight game
and sixth time this season. He homered in consecutive at-bats after his first
career walk-off shot Monday.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Crow-Armstrong is the first player in MLB
history with two leadoff home runs and a walk-off in a two-game span, and the
13th since 1900 to follow a walk-off homer with a leadoff shot.
Crow-Armstrong also hit leadoff home runs in back-to-back games June 15-16
against Colorado.
Jacob Webb (6-2) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win, the Cubs' eighth
straight over the White Sox at Wrigley Field.
Colson Montgomery had three hits for the White Sox, who saw their AL Central
lead shrink to four games over the Minnesota Twins. The Cubs remained 4 1/2
games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central.
The game was delayed 88 minutes by rain in the eighth inning.
After White Sox opener Bryan Hudson gave up first-inning solo home runs to
Crow-Armstrong and Michael Busch, Erick Fedde worked 4 2/3 shutout innings.
The Cubs' Kevin Gausman gave up three runs on seven hits before exiting the
game in the fifth with a left (non-throwing) hand cramp.
After Drew Romo's RBI single in the second, Munetaka Murakami hit his 29th home
run in the third. Tristan Peters put the White Sox ahead in the fourth with an
RBI double.
Up next The White Sox have not named a starter for Wednesday's series finale against Cubs RHP Clay Holmes (5-5, 2.56 ERA). ___ See AP's full MLB coverage here |
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