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Sports Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. White Sox's
Chase Meidroth laced a liner to the left field wall. Down a run with two outs in the seventh inning, Colson Montgomery attempted to score from first base. Yankees left fielder Max Schuemann made a one-hop
throw to shortstop Anthony Volpe, who threw out Montgomery at the plate. "There were two outs, we all know (Justin Jirschele), I think he’s one of the best third-base coaches — he gets really good reads,
" Montgomery said. "I thought I got a pretty good jump and I thought I was going to score. They’re good players, too, and made decent relays." White Sox's Colson Montgomery gets tagged out by Yankees catcher Ali Sánchez during the seventh inning at Rate Field on July 27, 2026, in Chicago.
(Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) The Yankees added some breathing room with four runs in the eighth, featuring a three-run home run by Ali Sánchez, and defeated the Sox 9-5 in front of 22,357 at Rate Field on Monday. The Sox saw an early three-run lead evaporate on the way to dropping the opener of the four-game series. With the loss, the Sox (55-50) hold a two-game lead in the AL Central ahead of Cleveland (54-53). Today’s eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History | | | | Less than a week away from the Aug. 3 MLB trade deadline, the Chicago Cubs are poised to bolster a roster that owns the fifth-best record in the majors. | | | | | All of the focus in the next week will be on Cubs President Jed Hoyer and White Sox general manager Chris Getz, but it’s Tom Ricketts and Jerry Reinsdorf who really hold the cards. | | | | | Have the Chicago Bears made enough improvements on defense entering the 2026 season? Here’s a position-by-position outlook. | | | | | The Chicago Cubs designated starter Jameson Taillon for assignment before Monday’s series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals. | | | | | Alex Bregman had a home run, two doubles and drove in two runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. | | | | | Chicago White Sox’s Everson Pereira suffered the concussion on June 17 at Yankee Stadium, leaping and crashing into the wall while making a catch. | | | |
