ATLANTA (AP) Luis Robert Jr. homered to spark a six-run fourth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Atlanta Braves 13-9 on Monday night time.

Robert adopted Andrew Benintendi’s leadoff single in opposition to a struggling Spencer Strider along with his thirteenth homer to place Chicago up 3-0. Mike Tauchman drove in two with a bases-loaded double, and Lenyn Sosa’s two-out RBI single made it 7-0.

Brooks Baldwin hit his eighth house run, a leadoff shot within the third to provide Chicago the lead. Sosa hit his seventeenth homer, a three-run drive off Austin Cox within the sixth for a 10-1 benefit. Kyle Teel and Benintendi each had 4 of Chicago’s 19 hits.

Yoendrys Gómez (3-1) allowed 4 runs in 5 innings for the win in his second profession begin. Grant Taylor pitched a scoreless ninth to shut it out.

Strider (5-11) was ineffective for a 3rd straight begin, permitting seven runs and 10 hits in three-plus innings. He has given up 20 runs and 7 homers in his final 11 2/3 innings.

Michael Harris II went 4 for 4 with a two-run homer his fifteenth for Atlanta to increase his hitting streak to 11 video games. He leads the majors with 49 hits because the All-Star break. Jurickson Profar hit his eighth and ninth homers a two-run shot off Mike Vasil within the sixth and a three-run shot off Owen White within the eighth.

Key second

Jordan Leasure struck out Eli White with the bases loaded to finish the eighth. White batted in Harris’ spot after coming in as a pinch runner when Harris singled main off the inning with the Braves trailing 13-5.

Key stat

Braves reliever Daysbel Hernández had the longest energetic streak with out permitting a homer finish at 54 2/3 innings when Teel hit this third main off the seventh.

Up subsequent

White Sox rookie RHP Shane Smith (3-7, 4.01 ERA) begins Tuesday reverse Braves RHP Bryce Elder (5-9, 5.89).

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