The White Sox offense erupted, collecting 30 hits and 23 runs with five homers in the first two games against Atlanta after a four-game drought. The offense produced a multi-run fifth inning capped by Lenyn Sosa's team-leading 55th RBI and Luis Robert Jr.'s three-run double, and rookie Kyle Teel delivered a two-run double and a two-run homer in consecutive nights. Shane Smith allowed a two-run homer to Michael Harris II but worked six innings, giving up four runs, seven hits, two walks and four strikeouts. The bullpen surrendered 12 runs over two days, blowing a six-run lead as Atlanta won 11-10.
The White Sox have found their bats, but lost their bullpen in Atlanta. A night after Sox relievers nearly coughed up a nine-run lead, they surrendered the six-run advantage that their resurgent offense put up against the Braves in an 11-10 loss. The Sox have racked up 30 hits and 23 runs including five homers in the first two games of their series against the Braves, a bombardment coming on the heels of a four-game losing streak in which they mustered just five runs total.
The Sox manufactured their first run against Braves starter Bryce Elder in the third, with singles from catcher Edgar Quero and Brooks Baldwin, a sac bunt from Chase Meidroth and an RBI groundout from Mike Tauchman. Then Miguel Vargas walked and rookie Kyle Teel swatted a two-run double to the right-field wall. Sox All-Star Shane Smith served up a two-run homer to Michael Harris II in the first inning, but the rookie righty settled in for his longest outing in over two months.
Then Lenyn Sosa got the Sox en route to the rout with his team-leading 55th RBI on a single to center. Luis Robert Jr. made it a crooked number roping a three-run double down the left-field line to cap the five-run inning. Teel smacked his second homer in as many nights in the sixth inning, a two-run blast off Atlanta reliever Connor Seabold.
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