The New York Yankees defeated the Chicago White Sox 10-4 as Cody Bellinger, Jazz Chisholm Jr., and Trent Grisham hit home runs. New York extended its winning streak to five games and moved within a half-game of the Boston Red Sox for the first AL wild card and four games of the Toronto Blue Jays for the AL East lead. Will Warren allowed four unearned runs and five hits over five innings to improve to 8-6. Relievers Fernando Cruz, Luke Weaver, Devin Williams, and Mark Leiter Jr. retired 12 straight batters. Chicago's Miguel Vargas hit his first career grand slam but left with a left wrist injury.
Bellinger, who finished 3-for-4, reached White Sox starter Davis Martin for a two-run blast in the first inning. Chisholm Jr. connected for a solo shot in the second before Grisham's two-run shot in the eighth. Chicago first baseman Miguel Vargas hit his first career grand slam to tie the game in the second. Each run was unearned, however, after Edgar Quero reached base on shortstop Anthony Volpe's throwing error to open the inning.
Vargas left the game with an apparent injury to his left wrist in the top of the fifth. His arm bent backward while trying to grab third baseman Curtis Mead's errant throw on a play that allowed New York to take a 5-4 lead. Vargas' wrist made contact with Aaron Judge, who reached on a single. Kyle Teel collected two of Chicago's five hits.
Martin scattered four runs three earned and four hits in 3 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out five while yielding multiple home runs for the second straight start. Volpe chased Martin from the game with a fourth-inning double, his first hit since Aug. 19. He added a hit later to finish 2-for-3. Ben Rice and Chisholm Jr. also had two hits.
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