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White Sox Outslug Rays

In a game heard on WHOW, Colson Montgomery hit a three-run homer in the second inning and a two-run double in the eighth, rallying the Chicago White Sox to an 11-9 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.

Kyle Teel launched his first major league homer for the White Sox, who trailed 4-0 after the first and 7-5 through seven. He finished with four hits and scored three times.

 

Chicago (37-66) took two of three games from the Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field to complete a 5-1 trip. Tampa Bay (53-50) has lost 11 of 16.

Montgomery, a rookie shortstop called up to the majors on July 4, connected off starter Taj Bradley for his second big league homer and set a career high with five RBIs.

 

Tampa Bay opened the bottom of the first with four straight hits off Jonathan Cannon, including two-run homers by Yandy Díaz and Junior Caminero.

 

Handed a 4-0 lead, however, Bradley gave up four runs in the second and didn’t get through the inning. He was optioned to Triple-A Durham after the game.

Chicago trailed 7-5 before scoring six times in the eighth. RBI singles by Mike Tauchman and Chase Meidroth capped the outburst.

 

Jordan Leasure (3-5) worked a scoreless seventh for the win. Dan Altavilla got three outs for his third major league save and second this season.

Rays reliever Kevin Kelly (0-2) entered with a two-run lead and got only one out. He was charged with six runs, five earned, four hits and two walks.

Cannon regrouped to strike out a career-high nine over 4 1/3 innings, but was tagged for six runs - five earned - and seven hits.

 

Luis Robert, Jr. had an RBI single in the second to cut the White Sox deficit to 4-1.

 

The White Sox host the crosstown-rival Chicago Cubs on Friday night, with Adrian Houser (5-2, 1.89 ERA) on the mound. Hear the Sox all weekend on WHOW. 

 

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