March 29, 2024

McCann grand slam in eighth powers White Sox past Astros

CHICAGO (AP) — James McCann ended a home run drought in grand style to help the Chicago White Sox make a statement against one of baseball’s top teams.

McCann hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning and Chicago outlasted the Houston Astros 13-9 Wednesday to win the season series from the runaway AL West leaders.

McCann lined his 13th homer on an 0-2 pitch from Ryan Pressly (2-3) with two outs into the right field bullpen to end a 16-game stretch without going deep. The All-Star catcher’s first homer since July 22 was his fourth career grand slam and lifted Chicago to a wild victory after the Astros rallied late to tie it.

Rookie Eloy Jiménez hit his 20th homer and doubled, and Tim Anderson doubled twice among four hits for the White Sox.

Following a doubleheader split Tuesday, Chicago (54-65) took two of three games from the Astros and finished 4-3 against them this year. Houston has lost three of four following an eight-game winning streak.