June 29, 2024; Chicago, Illinois, United States; Chicago White Sox shortstop Paul DeJong (29) hits a two-run home run during the sixth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Guaranteed Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Patrick Gorski-USA TODAY Sports Paul DeJong finished 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs, helping the Chicago White Sox to an 11-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Saturday.
DeJong’s home run was one of four for Chicago, with Lenyn Sosa, Luis Robert Jr. and Korey Lee all hitting home runs. The White Sox matched their best performance of the season with a fourth straight victory.
Colorado’s Brendan Rodgers had two hits, including a solo homer, as the Rockies lost their fifth straight game.
Rodgers launched his fifth home run of the year in the top of the second inning, a solo shot to left field off Chicago starter Jonathan Cannon to give Colorado a 1-0 lead.
Still leading 1-0 in the bottom of the fourth inning, Rockies starter Cal Quantrill struck out Robert and Gavin Sheets for his fifth and sixth strikeouts, before retiring Andrew Vaughn on a groundout to end the inning.
Rodgers led off the top of the fifth with a walk, followed by Michael Toglia’s groundout. Nolan Jones then hit a two-run, 363-foot homer to right field, giving Colorado a 3-0 advantage.
Chicago’s Nicky Lopez hit a one-out double in the bottom of the fifth. Two batters later, Sosa hit his third home run of the season, cutting Chicago’s deficit to 3-2.
Cannon retired the first two batters in the top of the sixth before Ezequiel Tovar singled, keeping Chicago’s starter going through 5 2/3 innings of three-run, three-hit games. He also struck out three and walked one. Tanner Banks (2-2) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief.
Robert tied the game in the bottom of the sixth with a leadoff homer, his ninth blast of the season. Quantrill then struck out Sheets and hit Vaughn with a pitch, before giving up his third homer of the game — a two-run shot by DeJong — his 15th. Quantrill (6-6) then pulled for Nick Mears after giving up five runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings pitched. Quantrill struck out eight and walked none.
Jalen Beeks replaced Mears in the bottom of the eighth. Mears walked Robert and Eloy Jimenez singled before Vaughn gave Chicago a 6-3 lead with an RBI single. DeJong then drove in Chicago’s seventh run with another RBI single.
Riley Pint relieved Beeks. Colorado’s fourth pitcher gave up a three-run homer to Lee, opening Chicago’s lead. Chicago’s final run came on Pint’s wild pitch, as the White Sox finished with 11 unanswered runs.
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