CHICAGO (Interstat) — The New York Yankees erased an early three-run deficit and surged ahead with a four-run eighth inning, sending them past the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Monday night at Guaranteed Rate Field.

The Yankees improved to 60-46, while the White Sox fell to 55-50 before a crowd of 22,357. The game lasted 3 hours, 13 minutes.

Chicago struck quickly in the first inning against Yankees starter Max Fried. Randal Grichuk led off with a ground-ball double to left field. Munetaka Murakami followed with a sharp single to center, putting runners at the corners. After Miguel Vargas struck out, Colson Montgomery singled to right field, deflected by second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., scoring Grichuk. Chase Meidroth then lifted a sacrifice fly to center, plating Murakami. Braden Montgomery delivered the big blow, a triple to left field that scored Colson Montgomery and gave the White Sox a 3-0 lead.

Both pitchers settled in after that. Fried retired the side in order in the second and third, while White Sox starter Bryan Hudson kept the Yankees off the board through three innings.

The Yankees broke through in the fourth. Ben Rice walked and Paul Goldschmidt walked, putting two on with no outs. Jasson Domínguez singled to left to load the bases. Anthony Volpe grounded out to shortstop, scoring Rice. Chisholm followed with a double down the line, driving in Goldschmidt and Domínguez to tie the game 3-3. José Caballero walked, and Spencer Jones grounded out to second, bringing home Chisholm and giving New York a 4-3 lead.

Chicago tied it in the fifth. Vargas doubled to center and Colson Montgomery singled to right, scoring Vargas to make it 4-4. The White Sox threatened further but left two runners stranded.

The Yankees regained the lead in the seventh. Pinch hitter Amed Rosario doubled to right field. After Ali Sánchez struck out and Max Schuemann flied out, Rice singled sharply to right, scoring Rosario and putting New York up 5-4.

The pivotal inning came in the eighth. Domínguez singled to third, and Volpe singled to center, putting two on with no outs. Chisholm laid down a bunt single that pitcher Sean Newcomb threw away, allowing Domínguez to score and advancing Volpe to third. Volpe was thrown out at home on a fielder’s choice play that withstood a Yankees challenge. With runners on first and third, Sánchez launched a three-run homer to left field, his first of the season, clearing the bases and extending the lead to 9-4.

Chicago mounted a mild threat in the ninth. Sam Antonacci reached on an error by third baseman Caballero. Murakami walked. After Vargas lined out, Colson Montgomery reached on another error, this one by shortstop Volpe, allowing Antonacci to score. But reliever David Bednar struck out Meidroth for his 21st save, sealing the victory.

Brent Headrick earned the win, improving to 6-1. He pitched a scoreless seventh inning in relief. Hudson took the loss, falling to 3-4.

Yankees outfielder Jasson Domínguez went 2 for 5. Ben Rice was 2 for 4 with a walk and an RBI. Rosario went 1 for 1 as a pinch hitter. Paul Goldschmidt went 1 for 4 with a walk and a run. Reliever Paul Blackburn tossed a scoreless inning, giving up no hits and striking out one. Tim Hill allowed two hits and an earned run in one-third of an inning.

For the White Sox, Colson Montgomery had two hits and two RBIs. Grichuk and Vargas each doubled, and Braden Montgomery tripled. Edgar Quero, Luisangel Acuña and Chase Meidroth each singled.

The White Sox threatened in the first but never regained the lead after the Yankees’ four-run fourth. The most important sequence came in the eighth, when Sánchez’s homer turned a one-run game into a five-run cushion.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of 7-6 in favor of New York. The ELO system gave the Yankees a 57.60 percent probability to win. New York was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The combined score of 14 went under the over-under line of 8.5.