The Cubs turned a 4-4 tie into a rout with four runs in the eighth inning, overwhelming the White Sox 10-5 at Guaranteed Rate Field. Chicago sent 10 batters to the plate in the decisive frame, breaking the game open after six innings of back-and-forth baseball.
Carson Kelly drove the Cubs' offense with a 3-for-5 performance and four RBIs. Kelly delivered key hits throughout the game, including a center field single that scored Happ in the fourth and a ground-rule double that plated two runs in the eighth-inning outburst. The veteran catcher is batting .299 with 17 RBIs this season.
The eighth inning began with Swanson scoring on a wild pitch from Jordan Hicks, then Shaw walked to force home Busch. Kelly capped the rally with his ground-rule double, scoring both Bregman and Suzuki to put the game away. The Cubs had built their lead methodically through the middle innings, with Busch and Suzuki delivering RBI doubles in the fifth.
White Sox starter Bryan Hudson took the loss after allowing four hits and two runs in just one inning of work. Chicago had answered every Cubs surge until the eighth, getting home runs from Montgomery in the second and Vargas in the sixth to stay even. Kelenic added a solo shot in the ninth, but it came too late.
The victory snapped Chicago's losing streak and improved them to 28-16, maintaining their division lead. The White Sox fell to 22-21 despite extending their winning streak to five games. Alex Bregman sits two doubles away from 300 career doubles after going 2-for-5 with three runs scored.