Chisox end 9-game slide, defeat Cubs
CHICAGO — Just getting a win against any team, anywhere, felt good for the scuffling Chicago White Sox.
That it came at Wrigley Field against the Cubs made it a little sweeter.
Adam Engel and Matt Davidson homered and the White Sox snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over their crosstown rivals in their North Side ballpark on Monday.
“I was emotional just because we’ve been down eight days in a row,” White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. “We’ve been looking for a victory and looking for our (starter) to give us a little length and he did.”
Miguel Gonzalez (5-9) allowed one run and seven hits in 7 1/3 innings to end a four-game losing streak and win for just the second time in 11 decisions.
Engel lined his third homer of the season off reliever Justin Grimm (1-1) into the wind and several rows into the left-center bleachers to snap a 1-all tie in the sixth. Davidson led off the eighth with his 19th homer, which sailed over the left-field stands and onto Waveland Avenue.
Jose Abreu had two hits and doubled in a run for the AL-worst White Sox.
The Cubs lost for just the second time in 10 games following the All-Star break to fall a half-game behind idle first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.