Nationals Edge White Sox 2‑1 in 10 Innings on Sunday

CHICAGO (Interstat) — CJ Abrams’ sacrifice fly and José Tena’s solo homer in the 10th inning lifted the Washington Nationals to a 2-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field.

After nine scoreless innings, Daylen Lile opened the 10th as the automatic runner and moved to third on a groundout. Abrams’ sinking liner was caught by left fielder Tanner Murray, who injured his shoulder on the play, allowing Lile to score. Tena then homered off Seranthony Dominguez.

Tristan Peters drove in a run with a two-out single in the bottom half, but Paxton Schultz got the final out for his first save. Richard Lovelady earned the win.

Foster Griffin tossed seven shutout innings with eight strikeouts for Washington. Sean Burke allowed three hits over 7 1/3 scoreless innings for Chicago.

Attendance was 24,259. The game lasted 2 hours, 27 minutes. Washington improved to 13-16, while Chicago fell to 11-17.