It came down to the ninth inning, and the Cubs got there first. Alex Bregman singled to center, Carson Kelly scored, and Chicago Cubs walked away with a 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox after a game that swung back and forth from the first pitch.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| CHC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Bregman finished 2-for-5 with 2 RBI, driving in the tying run in the seventh and the go-ahead run in the ninth. Pete Crow-Armstrong opened the scoring with a solo homer to right center in the first inning, going 1-for-3 with 2 walks, a strikeout and 1 RBI on the night. Michael Busch followed him with another solo shot to right center later in that same frame, finishing 1-for-3 with 1 RBI. Munetaka Murakami answered for the White Sox with a solo home run to left center in the third, part of a 1-for-4 night that also included a walk and 2 strikeouts.
Chicago Cubs scored twice in the first on the back-to-back homers from Crow-Armstrong and Busch. The White Sox chipped away with single runs in the second, third and fourth innings, taking a 3-2 lead when Tristan Peters doubled to center and Colson Montgomery scored. The Cubs tied it in the seventh on Bregman's single that brought home Alcántara, then won it in the ninth when Bregman singled to center, scoring Kelly and sending Crow-Armstrong to second.
Trevor Richards took the loss in relief, allowing 1 run on 2 hits over 1.2 innings, and it dropped his season record to 0-1. Chicago White Sox starter Bryan Hudson lasted just 1.0 inning, charged with 2 runs on 2 hits, and the bullpen behind him covered 7.2 innings with 2 runs allowed across four relievers. Jacob Webb picked up the win for Chicago Cubs, tossing a scoreless inning with 1 walk, improving to 6-2 on the season. Cubs starter Javier Assad worked 3.0 scoreless innings with 2 hits allowed, and Chicago White Sox starter Erick Fedde was outstanding in his own right, striking out 5 over 4.2 innings without allowing a run, carrying a 4.33 ERA into the night.
The win pushed Chicago Cubs to 74-53 and extended their winning streak to two games, while Chicago White Sox fell to 65-60 with their second straight loss. Fedde, who was named the game's top pitching performer for his scoreless outing, sits at 192 career games played, 8 shy of the 200 mark.