Frustrated White Sox lose grip on six-run lead
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ATLANTA — The White Sox have found their bats, but lost their bullpen in Atlanta. A night after Sox relievers nearly coughed up a nine-run lead, they surrendered the six-run advantage that their resurgent offense put up against the Braves in an 11-10 loss.
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The White Sox came out swinging in their series opening victory over the Braves, 13-9. Chicago jumped out to a 7-0 lead after four innings and never looked back as they broke a four-game losing streak.
Atlanta's Bryce Elder and Chicago's Shane Smith will try to restore order on Tuesday night when they take the mound in the second contest of the three-game series between the Braves and visiting White Sox.
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Both Michael Harris II and Jurickson Profar hit two-run homers in the bottom of the sixth. Profar would then go on to hit another one in the eighth, making it a three-run shot (13-9) right after an RBI single from Vidal Bruján to bring Eli White in for their sixth run.
One night after failing to complete a comeback, the Braves overcame a 10-4 deficit to defeat the White Sox 11-10 on Tuesday. They scored seven runs across the seventh and eighth innings. And so they were spared the embarrassment of consecutive home losses to one of the five teams that possesses a worse record than them.