Randy Vásquez pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning for his first major league win, Billy McKinney hit his first home run with the Yankees and New York beat the White Sox on Thursday night for a doubleheader split.
— Randy Vásquez pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning for his first major league win, Billy McKinney hit his first home run with theChicago extended its winning streak to a season-high five games with a 6-5 victory in the opener, when Eloy Jiménez hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh off Michael King. Jake Burger had a two-run shot off Yankees starter Luis Severino before Luis Robert Jr. and Yoán Moncada also went deep against the right-hander.
In the second game, Gleyber Torres hit a two-run homer off Chicago starter Mike Clevinger in the fourth. Torres missed a game-winning three-run homer off Kendall Graveman by a few feet down the right-field line in the opener. Making his second big league start, Vásquez allowed a single to Jiménez that put runners at first and second in the first. The rookie retired the next 15 hitters until Gavin Sheets singled, and was lifted after plunking Robert in the back to put two on with two outs in the sixth.
Ron Marinaccio whiffed Jiménez to end the sixth and pitched 2 2/3 innings. Clay Holmes got three outs for his seventh save.Clevinger allowed three runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He retired his first nine hitters before Willie Calhoun doubled and Torres followed with his 10th homer to snap an 0-for-20 skid.
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