Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago White Sox

· Major League Baseball

Pittsburgh Pirates

48-48, 26-24 Away

Final
9 - 4

Chicago White Sox

27-71, 17-34 Home

Bart, Reynolds homer, Pirates beat White Sox 9-4

Nick Gonzales tripled and drove in two runs for the Pirates, who have won six of seven and reached .500 for the first time since April 27.

“We did what we needed to do to close it out,” Bart said. “We’ve got to keep that momentum going once we get back.”

Andrew Benintendi and Luis Robert Jr. each had three hits for the White Sox, who have lost four straight and 10 of 13.

Chicago entered the day as the first team in MLB history with 70 losses before the All-Star break.

“I think this is a much-needed break for everybody,” Benintendi said. “Just get away and get your mind off it for a little bit. It’s not the first half we wanted, but we just gotta keep showing up, playing hard.”

Quinn Priester (2-5) allowed a run in two innings for Pittsburgh.

Bart hit a three-run homer off Chad Kuhl (0-1) to put the Pirates ahead 4-2 in the fourth.

Gavin Sheets had an RBI single to cut the lead to 4-3 in the fifth.

The Pirates pulled away with four runs in the seventh. Gonzales tripled off Jordan Leasure to bring in two runs when Benintendi was unable to make a diving catch in left field. Rowdy Tellez followed with a sac fly before Hayes and Joshua Palacios hit back-to-back doubles to make it 8-3.

Reynolds hit a solo shot, his 18th of the season, off John Brebbia in the eighth. Reynolds stopped at second base when the ball became lodged in the center field fence before the umpiring crew signaled for a homer.

The White Sox loaded the bases twice but scored just once — when Eloy Jiménez grounded into a double play in the first.

Oneil Cruz doubled off Kuhl to tie it 1-1 in the third.

The White Sox left the bases loaded in the bottom of the inning after Benintendi homered for a 2-1 lead.

“We’ve got to reset the mind and make sure you don’t stay four days without doing anything,” Chicago manager Pedro Grifol said. “It’s important for us to get back playing baseball on Friday."

Mitch Keller allowed two runs in three innings for Pittsburgh to finish the first half with a 3.46 ERA.

Keller said he had issues with PitchCom early when a setting was on the wrong mode. The Pirates opted for a brief outing from their starter heading into the break.

“I guess I understand it. It’s just tough to understand it,” Keller said. “I want to be out there.”

Jared Shuster threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings for Chicago on a bullpen day.

The Pirates had not won four straight since March 28-April 1, when they took five in a row.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Pirates: Outfielder Andrew McCutchen (left hamstring soreness) started as the DH after he left Pittsburgh’s 6-2 win over Chicago on Saturday.

White Sox: Right-hander Michael Soroka (right shoulder soreness) left after throwing three pitches.

Pirates: Pittsburgh had yet to announce a starter for its series opener Friday against Philadelphia.

White Sox: Chicago had not announced a starter for Friday’s series opener at Kansas City.

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Matchup Prediction

White Sox: 37.9%

Pirates: 62.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Sheets grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Jiménez singled to right, Robert Jr. to second.
	9th Inning	Robert Jr. singled to left.
	9th Inning	Benintendi struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pham grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Santana relieved Holderman

Statistics

PIT		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
11	Ground Balls	16
6	Strikeouts	7
9	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	19
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
20	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
24	Total Bases	13
42	Plate Appearances	41
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
7	Extra Base Hits	1
8.7	Runs Created	5.1
.333	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.667	Slugging Percentage	.371
.444	Secondary Average	.257
.405	On Base Percentage	.390
1.071	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.762
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
8.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.1
64.5	Batter Rating	28.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.69	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.63
.333	Isolated Power	.086
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.71
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.122
.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.029
18.0	Runs Produced	7.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
107.0	MLB Rating	82.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0