Bellinger, Goldschmidt Bury Chicago as Yankees Roll 10-5
Colson Montgomery hit two home runs and drove in four for the White Sox, and it still wasn't close. New York's offense was simply too deep, with four different Yankees going yard in a 10-5 final on June 17.
The story of the night was New York's lineup depth suffocating whatever Chicago tried to build. Cody Bellinger went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI, Jazz Chisholm Jr. added a solo shot, and Jose Caballero chipped in two RBI — four contributors doing damage before you even get to the bottom of the order. That kind of distributed production is what separates a good offense from a punishing one, and the Yankees looked like the latter.
On the mound, Carlos Rodon gave New York five innings, allowing seven hits and three earned runs while striking out seven. It wasn't a dominant outing — the White Sox made him work — but it was enough. Paul Blackburn came on and threw 2.1 innings of one-run ball with two strikeouts to bridge the gap. For Chicago, Anthony Kay lasted just four innings, surrendering six hits and four earned runs with only two strikeouts. That kind of early exit puts a bullpen in a tough spot against a lineup that doesn't stop swinging. Brandon Eisert was the one bright spot out of the Chicago pen, tossing a clean inning with two strikeouts and nothing allowed.
Montgomery's night deserves acknowledgment even in a loss. Two home runs, four RBI, two runs scored on a 2-for-4 line — that's a legitimate performance that just got buried by the scoreboard. Sam Antonacci also went deep for Chicago, finishing 1-for-4 with a homer and an RBI. The White Sox had real pop in this game; they just couldn't get the pitching to hold New York long enough for it to matter. With the trade deadline approaching in early August, games like this one appear to reinforce the gap between a Yankees team built to contend and a Chicago club still searching for answers. The final score — 10-5 — flatters nobody on the losing side.