Rafael Devers, Schmitt homers lead Giants past White Sox
SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — Rafael Devers hit a grand slam and drove in five runs as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-5 on Sunday evening at Oracle Park. The Giants outhit the White Sox 11-4 and improved to 22-31, while Chicago fell to 26-26.
San Francisco jumped ahead 2-0 in the first inning on an RBI double by Casey Schmitt and a run-scoring double by Devers. Schmitt added a two-run homer in the third. The White Sox answered with a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Luisangel Acuña and two runs in the fifth on a groundout and an Edgar Quero single to cut the deficit to 4-3. Devers capped the scoring with his seventh-inning grand slam.
Keaton Winn (1-1) earned the win with two innings of one-hit relief. Caleb Kilian struck out three in a perfect ninth for his third save. Noah Schultz (2-4) took the loss. Attendance was 40,220. Time of game was 2:56.