Burke Fans 10, White Sox Walk Off Yankees 2-1

Sean Burke struck out 10 batters over 6.0 innings and allowed zero earned runs, and the Chicago White Sox still needed extra innings to put the New York Yankees away. A bases-loaded walk in the 11th — Peters drawing the free pass to score Meidroth — was all it took, sending the White Sox to a 2-1 win.

For most of the night, this game belonged to the pitchers. Burke went 6.0 innings, scattering 3 hits, walking 2, and punching out 10 — a dominant outing that kept New York off the board entirely while he was on the mound. Ryan Weathers matched him in efficiency if not in strikeouts, going 7.0 innings for the Yankees with 3 hits, 0 earned runs, 3 walks, and 4 strikeouts. Two starters, six combined earned runs allowed: zero. The offense had to find another way.

It finally did in the 10th inning, and it happened fast. Trent Grisham singled to center to score Volpe and give New York a 1-0 lead — Grisham finishing the night 2-for-4 with that RBI. Chicago answered immediately in the bottom half: Andrew Benintendi singled to center, scoring Peters to knot it at 1-1. Randal Grichuk went 2-for-2 on the night and looks like he was a steady presence at the top of the White Sox lineup, though the box score doesn't hand him a run or RBI in the scoring sequence. The game was tied heading to the 11th.

That's where it ended, and it ended decisively. With Meidroth on base, Peters drew a walk — and the win probability swung from 65% to 100% in Chicago's favor the moment Meidroth crossed the plate, with Antonacci moving to second and Murakami advancing to third. A walk-off walk. It's the kind of finish that looks anticlimactic on paper but represents a complete bullpen and lineup execution down the stretch. Sean Newcomb threw 2.0 scoreless innings of relief for Chicago, and Angel Chivilli posted 1.1 innings with 3 strikeouts for New York — neither club's bullpen cracked, but Chicago's offense found the one crack it needed. The story of the night was a pitching duel that the White Sox ultimately won without ever hitting the ball out of the infield to do it.