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The HBP off his left wrist probably should have been ruled a swinging strike, but the White Sox already had one humiliation there with Andrew Benintendi earlier this month and didn’t need another already. Montgomery is batting .200/.302/.418 with three homers in 16 games.

Canzone stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and no outs after Tatsuya Imai hit two batters and walked a third. Canzone made him pay after Imai hung a slider over the middle of the plate, sending it 381 feet to right field for a grand slam. He later drove in a fifth run on a sacrifice fly in the ninth. The 28-year-old outfielder is hitting .256/.320/.477 with four homers and 18 RBI across 97 plate appearances.

Woo gave up a run in the second inning on two hits. The Astros would plate a second run on two walks and a hit in the third. He settled in for three more scoreless innings, ending his day after six at 104 pitches. Woo threw 74 for strikes and generated 14 whiffs to strike out nine batters. That’s back-to-back nine-strikeout efforts. The 26-year-old right-hander will take a 3.91 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, and a 47/10 K/BB ratio across 53 innings into a start against the White Sox in Seattle on Monday.

Imai’s return didn’t quite go so well. After a scoreless first inning, he gave up a two-run homer to Randy Arozarena in the second. He then stranded two runners in the third before loading the bases in the fourth with no outs on two hit batters and a walk. Dominic Canzone made him pay with a grand slam. Imai would finish out the inning and end his day at 80 pitches. The 28-year-old right-hander now holds a 9.24 ERA, 2.05 WHIP, and a 16/14 K/BB ratio across 12 2/3 innings. He’ll take on the Twins in Minnesota on Monday.

Corbin gave up nine hits, walked one and struck out one. The 36-year-old left-hander allowed a double to Ryan Vilade to start the fifth inning, got the next batter and then was removed from the ballgame. Corbin has a 3.93 ERA entering his next start against the Tigers on Sunday.

McClanahan gave up one hit, walked one and struck out seven. He left with a 3-0 lead, but received a no-decision. McClanahan continues to be sharp in his return from injury. He has a 2.27 ERA on the year. McClanahan is lined up to face the Orioles at home on Monday.

Hill’s 417-foot homer to center was his longest batted ball since he hit 432- and 420-foot homers at Coors Field on Aug. 29, 2024. He’s gone 11-for-44 with three homers and four steals while starting strictly against lefties this season. He’s played in 31 games and taken 50 plate appearances.

Fedde left with a 5-2 lead that was blown right away by Tyler Schweitzer and Grant Taylor in the sixth. As a result, Fedde remains 0-4 in spite of a solid 3.66 ERA. He’s still a weak bet for fantasy purposes with his 26 strikeouts and 10 homers allowed in 43 innings. Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez took him deep tonight. He’ll make his next start Sunday against the Cubs.

Domínguez got the decision after Derek Hill homered in the bottom of the inning, and Bryan Hudson closed things out for his second save. Domínguez remains the White Sox’s primary closer with his nine saves in 11 tries this year.

The White Sox decided to use Seranthony Domínguez in the eighth in a tie game tonight. After they took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the eighth, Hudson faced Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez in the ninth and retired them all, but things might have gone somewhat differently if Derek Hill hadn’t made a sliding catch on Witt’s liner to right to start the inning. Hudson, who has pitched in 21 of the White Sox’s 41 games, has a 0.90 ERA and a 22/9 K/BB in 20 innings. It’ll be interesting to see if that workload starts to catch up to him at some point.

All five runs scored in the fifth, when Drew Romo and Chase Meidroth hit 35x-foot homers off him. Romo’s was a homer in 17 ballparks, while Meidroth’s would have left only eight. Kolek departed down by three runs, but the Royals came back to let him off the hook in the sixth before ultimately losing 6-5. This is a definite setback for Kolek’s chances of sticking around over Noah Cameron after Cole Ragans comes off the IL, but he should get one more chance to impress Sunday against the Cardinals.