White Sox Shut Out Blue Jays 3‑0 Behind Burke’s Strong Start

TORONTO (Interstat) — Sean Burke pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings Sunday as the Chicago White Sox blanked the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 at Rogers Centre.

Burke allowed two hits, struck out five and improved to 7-4. Grant Taylor earned his fifth save with a scoreless ninth inning.

Chicago broke through in the fourth when Andrew Benintendi lifted a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Miguel Vargas. The White Sox added two runs in the sixth on Braden Montgomery’s RBI single. He was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double, but Benintendi scored.

Colson Montgomery went 2-for-4 with a solo home run. Braden Montgomery also had two hits and drove in a run. The White Sox finished with six hits.

Toronto starter Trey Yesavage took the loss, allowing three runs on five hits with nine strikeouts over six innings. The Blue Jays managed only four hits.

Chicago improved to 52-46, while Toronto fell to 46-53. Attendance was 41,288, and the game lasted 2 hours, 21 minutes.