NEW YORK (Interstat) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run home run in a five-run fifth inning and Carlos Rodón struck out seven over five innings as the New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 10-5 Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium II.

The Yankees, who have won six of their past seven games, improved to 45-27. The White Sox dropped to 38-34.

Goldschmidt went 2 for 5 with a home run and three RBIs. Cody Bellinger added a 3-for-4 performance with a two-run homer and two RBIs. Colson Montgomery played both third base and shortstop for the White Sox and went 2 for 4 with two home runs and four RBIs.

Rodón, the winning pitcher, allowed seven hits and three earned runs over five innings. He walked one and struck out seven, improving his record to 3-2. Anthony Kay took the loss for Chicago, falling to 6-2 after giving up nine runs, eight earned, on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.

The White Sox took an early lead in the top of the third inning. With two outs, Chase Meidroth singled and Randal Grichuk singled, putting runners on first and second. Montgomery then crushed a line drive to right-center field for a three-run homer, his 18th of the season, giving Chicago a 3-2 lead.

The Yankees responded in the bottom half of the inning but did not score. Bellinger led off with a double, but Kay retired the next three batters, two via strikeout.

New York tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning when Ali Sánchez reached on a fielding error by Montgomery, but the Yankees left him stranded.

The decisive moment came in the bottom of the fifth inning. Bellinger led off with a single, and Jasson Domínguez doubled, putting two runners in scoring position. After a popout, José Caballero singled to right field, scoring Bellinger and Domínguez to give the Yankees a 5-4 lead. Caballero was later erased on a forceout, but Ali Sánchez singled and Anthony Volpe reached third. Goldschmidt then launched a fly ball to right field that cleared the fence for his 11th home run of the season, scoring Volpe and Sánchez and extending the Yankees lead to 9-4.

The White Sox attempted to rally in the top of the eighth inning. Montgomery hit his second home run of the game, a solo shot to center field, trimming the deficit to 9-5. It was his 19th homer of the season. But Paul Blackburn and Jake Bird held Chicago to just that one run in the inning. Bird allowed another run in the ninth inning when Sam Antonacci led off with a home run, his third, but the White Sox could not sustain the rally.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. added a solo home run for the Yankees in the bottom of the seventh inning, his 10th, to make the score 10-4.

The Yankees outhit the White Sox 13-11. New York pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts, 63 balls and 13 balls in play. Chicago pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts, 47 balls and 13 balls in play.

The attendance was 38,558, and the game lasted 2 hours, 57 minutes.

The White Sox, who lost the first game of this three-game series 12-2 on Tuesday, will send a starter to the mound Thursday in the series finale. The Yankees will try to complete the sweep.

Goldschmidt’s recent performances have been consistent. In his previous four games, he had three hits in a game against Toronto on June 14, a home run and two RBIs on June 13, and a hit and an RBI on June 12. He also went 2 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs against the White Sox on June 16.

For the White Sox, Montgomery has been a bright spot. He drove in four of his team’s five runs with his two home runs. Besides Montgomery, the White Sox got hits from Miguel Vargas, Edgar Quero, Braden Montgomery and Chase Meidroth.

The Yankees also received strong relief pitching from Paul Blackburn, who allowed one earned run on three hits over 2 1/3 innings with two strikeouts. Brandon Eisert pitched a scoreless inning for Chicago, striking out two. Trevor Richards allowed one run on two hits over two innings.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of New York Yankees 7, Chicago White Sox 6. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Yankees a 68.40 percent probability to win. New York was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 15 went under the over-under line of 8.5.