(Chicago) Whit Merrifield hit two homers and the Toronto Blue Jays won 5-4 against the White Sox on Thursday night, sweeping a doubleheader in Chicago.
Merrifield hit two solo homers, ending the night with four homers this season.
His first homer made it 1-0 in the second inning.
His second tied the game at 4-4 in the sixth. One end later, Vladimir Guerrero broke the tie with a one-run double.
Guerrero pushed to the plate Bo Bichette, author of four of the visitors’ 16 hits.
Matt Chapman also slammed a gun for the Jays, who got their third straight win.
Eloy Jimenez hit a two-run homer for Chicago, which was losing for the fifth time in six games.
The win went to reliever Jay Jackson (1-0) and the save to Nate Pearson — his first in major league baseball.
Prior to Pearson’s arrival, Tim Mayza struck out three of the four batters he faced.
The loss went to reliever Nick Padilla (0-1).
In the first game, an 11e the Jays’ six-run inning gave them a 6-2 win.
Bichette and George Springer hit one-run singles in that 11e sleeve.
The Jays had only one hit before a breakthrough at the expense of Aaron Bummer (3-2).
With Cavan Biggio as the automatic runner at second base, Danny Jansen started the 11e with a soft hit to third base, for a single.
Springer then broke the deadlock by knocking the ball through the mound.
Bichette, Daulton Varsho and Guerrero followed up with more one-point singles. Biggio then pushed two runners home with a double.
During the Sox’s turn at bat, Oscar Colás slammed a one-run double and scored on a single from Andrew Vaughn.
Jordan Romano (4-4) pitched in 10ethen Thomas Hatch and Yimi Garcia completed the work in 11e sleeve.
Lance Lynn struck out 11 batters in seven innings. He allowed just one hit, a Springer single in the third.
Lynn has 41 strikeouts in his last four outings.
José Berríos also allowed one hit in seven innings, having six batters at bat.
He allowed a single to Elvis Andrus in the third inning.
Also in third, Springer made a brilliant catch by diving to right field, at the expense of Zach Remillard.
Alejandro Kirk pinned Andrus on a steal attempt at second base in the sixth inning.
Toronto will play Detroit on Friday. It will be the return of right-hander Alek Manoah, after a spell in the minor leagues. He will be opposed to Dylan Cease.