White Sox' 5 homers blast Imanaga, Cubs 12-5

The Chicago White Sox beat Shota Imanaga and the crosstown Cubs 12-5 on Friday night for their sixth win in seven games.

Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery, Austin Slater and Mike Tauchman also went deep as the White Sox set season highs in runs and hits (18). 

Adrian Houser (6-2) pitched 6 2/3 innings of five-hit ball as the White Sox handed the Cubs their fourth loss in five games.. Reese McGuire’s three-run homer off Houser with two outs in the seventh finally put the Cubs on the board after trailing 11-0.

The last-place White Sox gained a measure of revenge against the contending Cubs, who swept a three-game series at Wrigley Field in May. The Cubs remained one game behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.

Cubs RHP Cade Horton (3-3, 4.04 ERA) faces White Sox RHP Aaron Civale (2-6, 4.76) on Saturday.


(AP Photo Erin Hooley)