CHICAGO (AP) — Lucas Giolito pitched into the seventh for his ninth straight win, Eloy Jimenez hit two three-run homers and the Chicago White Sox pounded the New York Yankees 10-2 on Friday night.
Giolito (10-1) gave up a solo homer to Luke Voit in the first, then shut down New York to win his eighth consecutive start. The right-hander gave up one run and four hits in his 11th straight outing without a loss since Seattle beat him on April 6.
Jimenez has five homers in his past six games.
He connected against CC Sabathia (3-4) in a four-run first and drove a rocket to center against Luis Cessa in the sixth, giving him three multi-homer games this season and two against the Yankees. He hit two in a win at New York on April 12.
Sabathia remained stuck on 249 wins and lost his third straight start. The 2007 AL Cy Young Award winner lasted 4 2/3 innings, allowing six runs (five earned) and 10 hits.
Voit hit his 17th homer. But the Yankees lost for the eighth time in 11 games.
Giolito is trying to become the first major leaguer to make the All-Star team after finishing with the worst ERA in baseball the previous season, according to STATS LLC.
He went 22 innings without allowing a run before Voit connected in the first. He drove the first pitch he saw to the batter's eye in center field. But the White Sox responded, with Jimenez delivering the big hits.
Chicago scored four in the bottom half, sending nine batters to the plate, and pulled away after that.
.@LGio27 is the first pitcher in @MLB to record 10 wins this season and has extended his career-high winning streak to nine games, tied for the longest in the major-leagues.He is the ninth #WhiteSox pitcher since 1913 to start a season 10-1, last by Chris Sale, 2014. #SoxStats pic.twitter.com/E7xEjTeI1X
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) June 15, 2019TRAINER'S ROOM
White Sox: INF Yoan Moncada (tight back) was out of the lineup for the third straight game. Manager Rick Renteria hopes to have him back on Saturday or Sunday.
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