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Yanks rally past White Sox 5-4

Pinch-hitter Neil Walker connected for a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees rallied from a four-run deficit to defeat the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday night.
 
Aaron Hicks hit a tying homer in the eighth and rookie Miguel Andujar also had a two-run shot to help the injury-depleted Yankees win for the ninth time in 11 games. With the second-best record in the majors, they began the night 6½ games behind first-place Boston in the AL East.
 
Walker batted for Ronald Torreyes with one out and launched the first pitch he saw from Dylan Covey (4-12) way over the right-center wall for his ninth home run of the season. As he neared home plate, Walker tossed his helmet high in the air and was swarmed by teammates.
 
With the Yankees down by two, Giancarlo Stanton singled leading off the eighth to snap an 0-for-14 slump. Hicks drove a full-count pitch from Juan Minaya to right and shouted excitedly in the direction of the Yankees' dugout as he trotted toward first.
 
Dellin Betances (4-3) struck out two in a perfect ninth.
 
New York was blanked on one hit by James Shields over the first five innings. Brett Gardner began the comeback with a leadoff triple in the sixth, and Andujar connected for his 22nd homer two outs later.
 
After a single and a walk ended Shields' night, Jace Fry retired slumping Greg Bird on a liner to deep right.
 
Bird also lined into a double play and flied out to deep right. With the score tied in the eighth and a runner on second, he popped out on a 3-1 pitch. White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson tripped over oncoming left fielder Nicky Delmonico but held onto the ball for the final out of the inning.
 
Anderson exited with a bruised left ankle. He was replaced in the ninth by Jose Rondon.
 
Making his 400th career start, the 36-year-old Shields threw 98 pitches on a 96-degree night. He hasn't won on the road since opening day at Kansas City.
 
Shields left leading 4-2 but remained 5-15 overall, tied with Baltimore right-hander Alex Cobb for the most losses in the majors.
 
Showing signs of improvement, the rebuilding White Sox had won four straight and 10 of 13.
 
Chicago chased Yankees starter Lance Lynn with consecutive two-out singles in the sixth. Yolmer Sanchez greeted Jonathan Holder with an RBI single, and Delmonico made it 4-0 when he plopped a two-run single into left field.
 
Delmonico scored easily from first base in the fifth when Gardner bobbled Avisail Garcia's RBI double in left field.

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