In a game heard on WHOW, Luis Robert Jr. and Colson Montgomery homered to help the Chicago White Sox beat Cristopher Sánchez and the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Monday night.
Davis Martin pitched six-hit ball into the sixth inning as Chicago improved to 7-3 since the All-Star break. Lenyn Sosa had three hits, including a run-scoring single.
The last-place White Sox need two more wins to match their total from all of last year, when they went 41-121 to break the modern major league record for most losses in a season.
Bryce Harper had two hits and two RBIs for Philadelphia, which dropped to 2-2 on a six-game trip. Kyle Schwarber walked three times, and Brandon Marsh finished with two hits.
Sánchez (9-3) allowed four runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings in his first loss since June 8. The wiry left-hander went 4-0 with a 1.40 ERA in his previous seven starts.
Sánchez was staked to a 2-0 lead on Harper’s two-run double in the third inning. But Montgomery responded with a two-run drive in the bottom half.
Montgomery’s 395-foot shot to right was the rookie’s fourth homer in his last six games. It also was the first homer for a lefty batter off Sánchez this season.
Robert made it 4-2 with his 11th homer, another two-run shot that drifted over the wall in right in the fourth. The center fielder went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts a day after he was hit by a 101.1 mph fastball in the ninth inning of a 5-4 loss to the Cubs.
Martin (3-8) struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings in his first win since May 14.
The White Sox tacked on two runs in the eighth on singles by Sosa and Montgomery.
Robert Jr. had a web-gem in the top of the fourth inning.
Phillies left-hander Jesús Luzardo (8-5, 4.58 ERA) starts on Tuesday night, and right-hander Jonathan Cannon (4-7, 4.48 ERA) takes the mound for the White Sox. Hear tonight's action on WHOW.













