White Sox Explode for 12, Bury Toronto in Lopsided Rout

Chicago put up 12 runs on Toronto, with three different hitters driving in at least two runs apiece in a 12-4 demolition on July 17. The game was effectively over by the second inning — and a Sam Antonacci two-run homer to right made sure of it.

The White Sox didn't waste any time. In the second inning, they sent nine men to the plate and scored five runs before Toronto could blink. It started with a Teel double to left that scored Colson Montgomery, then a Braden Montgomery fielder's choice that brought home Benintendi, then a Meidroth single that pushed B. Montgomery across. The knockout blow came when Antonacci launched a 365-foot homer to right, scoring Meidroth and pushing the lead to 5-0. That swing dropped Toronto's win probability from 25% to 13% — and the Blue Jays never recovered.

Toronto made some noise in the middle innings. Springer grounded into a fielder's choice in the third to plate a run, Urías went deep to left (373 feet) in the fourth, and Springer added his own homer to left (363 feet) in the fifth to cut it to 8-3. Valenzuela kept the pulse going with a 375-foot shot to right in the sixth, making it 8-4. But that's as close as it got. The story of the night was Chicago's offense refusing to let Toronto build any momentum — every time the Blue Jays answered, the White Sox had already moved on.

Spencer Miles absorbed the damage for Toronto, allowing 6 earned runs on 6 hits over 4.0 innings. Tyler Schweitzer, meanwhile, was sharp in relief for Chicago — 3.0 innings, 1 hit, 0 earned runs, 3 strikeouts — and appears to have been the steadying force that kept the game from getting complicated on the mound. The seventh inning was the final indignity: Braden Montgomery tripled to right, scoring three, and a Peters sacrifice fly capped the scoring at 12. Colson Montgomery finished 2-for-4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored; Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 but drove in 4 and scored twice. Chicago looks like a team that found every gap in Toronto's defense tonight, and the Blue Jays' pitching staff has some uncomfortable film to review.