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Brewers Topple White Sox

Christian Yelich hit his first career inside-the-park homer and walked four times, helping the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago White Sox 8-3 on Thursday night.

 

Jedd Gyorko homered and drove in three runs for Milwaukee, and Mark Mathias had two hits and two RBIs. Josh Lindblom (1-0) struck out a career-high seven in five innings.

 

The Brewers and White Sox split a home-and-home series, with each team winning two games in their opponent's ballpark.

 

Yelich had been slumping this season, going 3 for 34 in his first eight games. But the 2018 NL MVP made the most of an ugly misplay by left fielder Eloy Jimenez in the fifth.

 

Rookie phenom Luis Robert went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts as the White Sox dropped their second straight game game after winning six in a row. Gio Gonzalez (0-1) was charged with five runs, four earned, and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.

 

Jimenez's miscue raised another round of questions over whether the talented White Sox slugger might be better suited for designated hitter in the long run.

 

Yelich's one-out drive dropped inside the line and just out of the reach of Jimenez, who misjudged the flight of the ball. Jimenez's momentum carried him into the protective netting. By the time he regained his footing, Yelich was flying around second base and he beat the throw home, tying it at 2.

 

After Avisail Garcia walked, Gyorko hit a two-run drive on a 3-2 pitch for his first homer of the season. Orlando Arcia tacked on an RBI single against Matt Foster, giving the Brewers a 5-2 lead.

Yelich's drive was the 30th inside-the-park homer in franchise history. He scored three times after he got Wednesday night off for a mental break.

 

Gonzalez is winless in his last 14 starts. The left-hander struck out three and walked three.

Leury Garcia also doubled home a run in the ninth. He is hitting .440 (11 for 25) with four RBIs in his last seven games for the White Sox.

 

Dylan Cease (1-1) is scheduled to start against the Indians on Friday night.

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