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White Sox drop series finale to Reds 7-4

Starting pitcher Sal Romano dropped down a suicide squeeze during a six-run fourth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 7-4 on Wednesday night.
 
Jesse Winker and Jose Peraza each had a two-run single during the big inning, and Scooter Gennett also singled in a run. The Reds overcame Daniel Palka's third home run in two games to win the three-game series and complete a 4-3 homestand.
 
The Reds have won 13 of 17 and have come from behind in eight of their last 11 wins.
 
Yoan Moncada added a two-run homer for the White Sox, who have dropped five of seven and 14 of 20.
 
Cincinnati improved to 8-2 in interleague play, the most wins since going 11-9 in 2013. The White Sox are 4-11 against NL teams.
 
Romano (5-8) struck out six and allowing six hits and four runs in five innings. His bunt back to the mound brought home Adam Duvall for the final run of Cincinnati's breakout fourth inning.
 
Reds relievers Amir Garrett and Michael Lorenzen teamed up for 2 1/3 scoreless innings before Jared Hughes pitched the finl 1 2/3 for his sixth save.
 
Dylan Covey retired his first nine batters before the Reds erupted for five hits and six runs while sending 10 batters to the plate in the fourth. Winker and Peraza each had a two-run single before Romano's bunt knocked Covey (3-4) out of the game. Covey allowed a walk, struck out two and hit a batter in 3 2/3 innings.
 
Moncada, whose 12th-inning bases-loaded triple broke open Chicago's 12-3 win Tuesday, gave the White Sox a 2-0 lead with a two-out, two-run homer in the third. Palka went deep for a 3-0 lead in the fourth.
 
The Reds added a run in the eighth on pitcher Chris Volstad's bases-loaded throwing error.
 
LHP Carlos Rodon (1-3) faces the Astros today. He is 1-0 with a 1.71 ERA in four career starts against Houston.

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