McGreevy, Burleson lead Cardinals past White Sox 3‑1
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Interstat) — Michael McGreevy pitched six innings of three-hit ball and Alec Burleson drove in three runs as St. Louis beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Sunday afternoon at Busch Stadium III. McGreevy allowed one earned run and struck out six to improve to 7-9. David Sandlin took the loss, allowing two hits and no earned runs over 5.2 innings with five strikeouts, falling to 2-2. George Soriano earned his fourth save. Chase Meidroth’s sacrifice fly drove in Andrew Benintendi for Chicago’s run. Burleson’s three-run double scored Nathan Church, Masyn Winn and Iván Herrera. Gordon Graceffo struck out three over two hitless innings. Chris Murphy struck out four in 1.1 scoreless relief innings for Chicago. Nathan Church had two hits for St. Louis. Tristan Peters and Sam Antonacci each had a hit for Chicago. Attendance was 34,609. The game took 2 hours, 26 minutes. St. Louis improved to 74-76. Chicago fell to 76-73.