White Sox edge Nationals 5‑4 on late rally
CHICAGO (Interstat) — The Chicago White Sox rallied past the Washington Nationals 5-4 Friday night at Guaranteed Rate Field, scoring twice in the seventh and once in the eighth to overcome a three-run deficit. Attendance was 17,588 and the game lasted 2:37.
The Nationals took a 1-0 lead in the second on a sacrifice fly by Luis García Jr. They added two runs in the fifth on a walk and a forceout, then made it 4-0 in the eighth. Chicago cut the gap with a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly, then got a run in the sixth on Colson Montgomery’s RBI single. In the seventh, Tristan Peters singled and Andrew Benintendi tied the game with a sacrifice fly. Sam Antonacci’s sacrifice fly in the eighth put the White Sox ahead for good.
Erick Fedde (2-0) earned the win with 5 2/3 innings of one-run ball, striking out one. Seranthony Domínguez recorded his sixth save with a scoreless ninth, fanning two. Riley Cornelio (0-1) took the loss. Brady House homered for Washington. Chicago improved to 11-15, Washington fell to 11-16.