Schneider, Gausman lead Blue Jays past White Sox 7-2 originally appeared in NBC Sports Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Davis Schneider had three hits and three RBIs, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 on a rainy Tuesday night.
Justin Turner drove in two runs for Toronto, which finished with 13 hits. George Springer had two hits, walked three times and scored two runs.
Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman (4-3) pitched six innings of one-run ball. Gausman, 33, has won his last four decisions.
Chicago lost its seventh consecutive game. At 15-41, the White Sox are off to the worst 56-game start in franchise history.
Nicky Lopez tripled and doubled for Chicago. Andrew Vaughn singled home Zach Remillard in the eighth.
The start of the game was delayed for 40 minutes because of rain. Another line of rain stopped play for 68 minutes entering the bottom of the ninth.
Schneider has five RBIs in his last two games after hitting a two-run homer in the Blue Jays’ 5-1 victory on Monday.
Toronto went ahead to stay when they scored three times with two outs in the second. Springer singled and scored on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s double against Jake Woodford. Following a walk by Kevin Kiermaier, Schneider added a two-run double.
Woodford (0-1) allowed five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He was promoted from Triple-A Charlotte when starter Mike Clevinger was placed on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation earlier in the day.
Schneider made it 4-1 with a sacrifice fly in the sixth, and Toronto added three more runs in the eighth off Tim Hill. Turner’s two-run single gave the Blue Jays a 7-1 lead.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: RHP Chad Green worked seventh in his first big league appearance since April 15. He had been sidelined by a strain in his right teres major, a muscle in the upper part of his arm. He was reinstated from the injured list, and right-hander Erik Swanson was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo.
White Sox: Manager Pedro Grifol said Clevinger received a cortisone shot in his elbow and doesn’t think the condition would sideline him for long.
NEXT
Toronto sends RHP Alek Manoah (1-2, 3.97 ERA) to the mound against Chicago RHP Chris Flexen (2-4, 5.69 ERA) for Wednesday’s series finale.
