Tristan Peters hit a walk-off homer in the ninth inning Sunday afternoon for the Chicago White Sox, who edged the visiting New York Mets 2-1 in the rubber game of a three-game series.
Peters’ one-out blast to center off Kodai Senga (0-9) glanced off the glove of a leaping A.J. Ewing for his second quirky homer in as many days. Peters also homered off the glove of right fielder Carson Benge in the Mets’ 10-5 win Saturday night.
The walk-off homer was the second of the series for the White Sox. Jake Rogers hit a two-run shot to end Friday’s 6-4 victory.
Andrew Benintendi snapped a scoreless tie with an eighth-inning RBI double for the American League Central-leading White Sox, who improved to 10-11 this month.
Peters finished with two hits and a stolen base.
Grant Taylor (6-2) earned the win despite blowing the save in the ninth, when he allowed Jared Young’s run-scoring single.
White Sox opener Sean Newcomb gave up two hits and struck out three in two innings. Bulk reliever Erick Fedde allowed three hits in four innings.
Benge and Francisco Lindor had two hits apiece for the last-place Mets, who fell to 12-6 since the trade deadline.
New York starter Nolan McLean recorded another solid start by allowing one hit — a two-out single in the third by Sam Antonacci — and walking four while striking out six over six innings. It was the second time in the last three starts McLean has allowed one hit in six innings and the ninth time he’s surrendered one run or fewer in his last 15 starts, a span in which the rookie has lowered his overall ERA from 4.40 to 3.21.
The teams combined to get just five runners past first base — and none as far as third base — before swapping runs in the bottom of the eighth and top of the ninth.
Miguel Vargas singled with one out in the eighth and raced home on Benintendi’s double, which bounced off the right field wall and skipped past Benge.
But Benge sparked the Mets’ rally in the ninth, when he singled against Taylor with one out. Former White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. walked before Benge scored on Young’s single to center.
