The Sox challenged the call, but the ruling stood after a video review.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood baserunning, heads-up baserunning,\u201d Sox manager Will Venable said. \u201cKind of a tough spot where you\u2019re trying to get the ball in as an outfielder. Going to second base there is all right. And I thought Chase did a good job being heads up and getting it home and just beat him there. Tough play and credit to them for a good heads-up baserunning play.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was the first of three runs in the inning for the Cubs, who completed the three-game City Series sweep by defeating the Sox 6-2 in front of 40,152.<\/p>\n
Bruj\u00e1n\u2019s sprint to the plate gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Crow-Armstrong) was able to keep it fair down the line, kind of some tough luck there,\u201d Cannon said. \u201cThought we had him at the plate. It was a close play, probably could have gone either way. Just a little bit unlucky.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cannon was standing near the plate when the play concluded.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought his hand might have missed the plate,\u201d Cannon said. \u201cBut if they called him out, it probably would have stood. If they called him safe, it was going to stand. There just wasn\u2019t a lot of evidence you could see.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cubs then benefited from a miscue from the Sox \u2014 a theme for the series \u2014 when left fielder Brooks Baldwin dropped Kyle Tucker\u2019s high fly. Tucker raced to second while Crow-Armstrong advanced to third on the error.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat ball is coming back toward the infield there, and he\u2019s battling the sun,\u201d Venable said. \u201c(The conditions have) been tough for both sides this whole series. It showed its head again today.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Chicago White Sox second baseman Lenyn Sosa reacts to getting called out on strikes in the sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Sunday, May 18, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n
Crow-Armstrong scored on Seiya Suzuki\u2019s sacrifice fly to center and Michael Busch knocked in Tucker with a single against reliever Steven Wilson, putting the Cubs ahead 4-1.<\/p>\n
The Cubs tacked on one run in the seventh and the eighth while sending the Sox to their fourth consecutive defeat.<\/p>\n
Miguel Vargas homered in the fourth inning Sunday for the Sox, his third of the series. He later had a brief chat with Cubs reliever Brad Keller after getting hit by a pitch in the eighth inning. But there were few other fireworks for the offense, as the Sox were outscored 26-8 in the series.<\/p>\n
All three City Series games were decided by four or more runs, but the Sox didn\u2019t help themselves along the way.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s second inning included catcher Matt Thaiss dropping a throw from Meidroth, which led to Carson Kelly scoring the game-tying run. That was part of a six-run inning, featuring a three-run home run by Crow-Armstrong<\/a>. The Sox went from leading 2-0 to trailing 6-2. They lost 13-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Sox trailed 5-3 in the fifth inning Saturday when second baseman Lenyn Sosa was charged with a two-out throwing error. Right fielder Joshua Palacios then misplayed Bruj\u00e1n\u2019s high fly to right, and the ball bounced into the stands for a run-scoring ground-rule double<\/a>. The Cubs went on to win 7-3<\/a>.<\/p>\n The lack of crisp play showed up again in the sixth inning Sunday on the dropped fly ball as the Sox fell to 19 games under .500 (14-33) for the first time this season.<\/p>\n \u201cI think with the elements, that added a layer of plays, probably four or five, that left us leaving here feeling like we played worse than we probably did in most areas,\u201d Venable said. \u201cThere are plays in there that we have to do a better job executing and we have over the last few series. But, yeah, we have to do a better job.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a tough place to play. You see guys who have been in this league for a long time struggling with these elements and this is a tough place to play even without the wind and sun. It\u2019s just one of those things, as these guys get more experienced, they\u2019ll be more comfortable, but it\u2019s tough for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n