ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eloy Jimenez homered and Garrett Crochet tossed six effective innings to help the Chicago White Sox to a 5-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Chicago had lost 14 of its first 16 road games this season, Paul DeJong added a run-scoring double for the White Sox, who won their first road series of the season. DeJong spent seven seasons in St. Louis from 2017-2023. Willson Contreras homered for St. Louis, which has lost four of five. Jimenez hit his fourth of the season off reliever Giovanny Gallegos (2-1) to snap a 1-1 tie leading off the seventh inning. The drive kick-started a four-run outburst. Crochet (2-4) allowed one run on three hits. He had given up 16 earned runs
W | L | Pct | GB | |
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20 | 13 | .606 | 0.0 | |
21 | 14 | .600 | 0.0 | |
16 | 18 | .471 | 4.5 | |
16 | 19 | .457 | 5.0 | |
15 | 19 | .441 | 5.5 |