Andrew Benintendi (4 RBIs), White Sox overwhelm Mets

Andrew Benintendi fell a double shy of the cycle and drove in a season-high four runs as the Chicago White Sox stopped a six-game road losing streak with a 9-4 victory over the New York Mets on Wednesday afternoon.Benintendi entered the game 1-for-10 over his past three games but helped the White Sox get an early five-run lead off New York starter Griffin Canning before putting the game away late.The veteran outfielder followed a double by Miguel Vargas in the first inning with a two-run single to center field. Benintendi gave the White Sox a 6-3 lead with an RBI triple in the sixth off Brandon Waddell and scored when Lenyn Sosa followed with a single.Benintendi got his third hit with his first homer since April 29. It was the third time Benintendi drove in at least four runs since joining the White Sox as a free agent following the 2022 seasonMike Tauchman hit a two-run double in the second and reached three times as the White Sox stopped a three-game overall losing streak. Sosa tied a career high with three hits and scored on a groundout by Josh Rojas in the third.Michael A. Taylor added a sacrifice fly in the seventh as the White Sox finished with 12 hits.New York’s Mark Vientos hit a three-run homer in the third off Chicago rookie starter Shane Smith, but the Mets committed consecutive fielding errors in the second ahead of Tauchman’s double and saw a four-game winning streak stopped. Pete Alonso added an RBI double in the ninth before Vientos struck out to end the lengthy contest.

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