White Sox 8, Yankees 2
CHICAGO -- John Danks rebounded from a rough outing, Melky Cabrera had another big game offensively and the Chicago White Sox ended a two-game losing streak with a 8-2 win over the New York Yankees on Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
Danks, who allowed seven earned runs in Boston during his previous start, posted the win, going 5 2/3 innings and allowing one run, three hits and four walks.
The left-hander tied his season high with eight strikeouts to counterbalance the walks and twice prevented the Yankees (58-45) from tying the score while down a run in the fourth and fifth innings.
The White Sox (50-52) also got a solid effort from their bullpen, which allowed just one run by three relievers in 3 1/3 combined innings.
Cabrera went 2-for-3, scored twice and hit a three-run homer that broke the game open in the fifth.
First baseman Jose Abreu (1-for-3) and center fielder Adam Eaton (2-for-4) also contributed for Chicago and extended hitting streaks of 12 and 10 games,respectively.
Shortstop Alexei Ramirez went 2-for-4 with two RBIs on a solo homer in the second and run-scoring double in Chicago's two-run seventh.
New York lost for the third time in the past four games after a stretch in which the Yankees won eight of 10 highlighted by a four-game winning streak.
Rookie right-hander Bryan Mitchell lasted four-plus innings, gave up four runs and took the loss in his first major league start.
Chicago took an early 2-0 lead with runs in the first and second off Mitchell. After Eaton led off the first inning with a single, Abreu doubled him home with one out for the first run. Shortstop Alexei Ramirez made it 2-0 by hitting a one-out solo homer in the second.
The Yankees responded with a run in the top of the third after a leadoff double by catcher John Ryan Murphy and a sacrifice fly by shortstop Didi Gregorious that was nearly a home run -- right fielder Avisail Garcia's leaping grab near the top of the wall in right field preserved Chicago’s lead.
New York put runners in scoring position with two outs in the fourth and fifth but failed to tie it before the White Sox extended their lead with four more runs in the fifth.
Eaton got the rally started with a leadoff single and scored on a single by third baseman Tyler Saladino, driving Mitchell from the game.
Right-handed reliever Diego Moreno hit Abreu with a fastball to put two runners aboard for Cabrera, who launched his seventh homer of the season to center field for a 6-1 lead.
NOTES: The White Sox put OF J.B. Shuck on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left hamstring, which he injured Friday. Chicago recalled RHP Scott Carroll from Triple-A Charlotte to take his roster spot. ... Chicago signed OF Dayan Viciedo, who broke into the major leagues with the White Sox, to a minor-league contract. ... Chicago manager Robin Ventura said INF/OF Leury Garcia and INF Tyler Saladino will be leaned on more heavily without Shuck. ... The Yankees optioned RHP Nick Goody to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and recalled RHP Nick Rumbelow. ... Yankees manager Joe Girardi said his starters against the Boston Red Sox next week will be RHP Masahiro Tanaka (Tuesday), rookie RHP Luis Severino (Wednesday) and LHP CC Sabathia (Thursday). ... Sabathia stayed a night in a Texas hospital after his most recent start Wednesday because of dehydration. Girardi thinks Sabathia will be fully recovered in time for his next start. ... RHP Ivan Nova, who left his last start with arm fatigue, will start Sunday against the White Sox.