White Sox edge Rockies behind Kay, two homers
CHICAGO (Interstat) — Anthony Kay allowed one earned run over five innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Sunday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field. Kay improved to 10-10, striking out four and walking two while giving up five hits. Trevor Richards earned his second save with 3 1/3 innings of relief, allowing one run and one hit with three strikeouts. Kyle Freeland took the loss, falling to 4-12 after yielding four earned runs on seven hits in four innings. Colorado fell to 60-104, while Chicago improved to 85-79. Chicago scored four runs in the second, powered by two-run homers from Randal Grichuk and Brenton Doyle. Grichuk went 1-for-3 with two RBIs, and Doyle went 1-for-4 with two RBIs. Colorado scored once in the second and once in the seventh, finishing with six hits. Cole Carrigg went 1-for-4 with a home run and one RBI for the Rockies. Mark Manfredi, Nick Frasso and Jaden Hill combined for four scoreless relief innings. The White Sox finished with eight hits before an announced crowd of 29,767 in a game that took 2 hours, 19 minutes.