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Mets Blank Sox

Zack Wheeler tossed seven innings of four-hit ball, Robinson Cano drove in two runs with a homer and double, and New York beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Thursday for its seventh straight win.

 

Wilson Ramos also drove in a run as the Mets completed a three-game sweep of the White Sox and won their 13th of 17 overall. New York has its longest winning streak since a nine-game run in early April 2018.

 

Wheeler's fastball reached 98 mph as the right-hander struck out seven and walked none in his second start after a 2 1/2-week stint on injured list with shoulder fatigue. Wheeler (8-6) retired the first 11 hitters before Jose Abreu singled off shortstop Amed Rosario's glove with two outs in the fourth.

 

Luis Avilan and Jeurys Familia completed the four-hitter as Chicago dropped its eighth game in nine and fell to 4-16 since the All-Star break.

 

Rookie Dylan Cease (1-4) allowed four runs, three earned, in seven innings in his fifth and longest start since joining Chicago's rotation. The 23-year-old right-hander struck out six and was throwing 97 mph as late as the sixth, when New York scored three times to break the game open.

 

Cano led off the second with a solo shot just over the left-center field wall. It was his first homer since hitting three in a win over the Padres on July 23.

 

Entering Thursday, Cano was 2 for 30 in seven games since hits outburst against San Diego.

 

Cano's double to the right field wall with two outs in the sixth drove in Jeff McNeil to make it 2-0. Ramos' single to right plated Pete Alonso, and Cano scored on an error by catcher Welington Castillo, who couldn't handle right fielder Leury Garcia's perfect throw.

 

Ivan Nova (6-9, 5.32) takes the mound at Philadelphia against Jason Vargas (6-5, 4.01), who makes his first start since the Phillies acquired him from the Mets on Monday.

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