Eaton's Walk-Off Home Run Lifts White Sox Over Blue Jays, 7-6

CHICAGO (AP) — Adam Eaton's walk-off home run in the 11th inning lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night.

Eaton hammered a 1-0 pitch to right field off Toronto reliever Roberto Osuna (1-3) for his sixth home run of the season.

Josh Donaldson hit a pair of doubles and drove in two runs for Toronto.

Zach Putnam (3-3) pitched a scoreless 11th and White Sox relievers tossed scoreless ball for 6 2/3 innings, giving up two hits.

Avisal Garcia had four hits, matching a career high, and the White Sox have won six of their last eight games.

Blue Jays starter Drew Hutchison ran into trouble in the first inning. He allowed a leadoff walk to Eaton, then Jose Abreu singled to extend his hitting streak to 10 games.

Eaton scored on a sacrifice fly by Melky Cabrera. With runners on first and second, Adam LaRoche doubled to extend the lead to 3-0. LaRoche was thrown out trying to stretch it to a triple.

In the third inning with the bases loaded and no outs, Jose Reyes hit a two-run single and Donaldson followed with an RBI double off White Sox starter John Danks. Edwin Encarnacion gave the Blue Jays a 4-3 lead with a sacrifice fly.

The White Sox got help in the fourth inning when Toronto center fielder Kevin Pillar lost Abreu's ball in the lights, which ended up being a double. Abreu scored on Garcia's single to tie the game.

Donaldson got the lead back for Toronto with an RBI double off the right-field fence in the fifth inning. Jose Bautista chased Danks with a single up the middle to score Donaldson and give Toronto a 6-4 lead.

Toronto reliever Liam Hendricks gave up a two-out RBI single to Carlos Sanchez in the sixth inning. After Hendricks was pulled, reliever Aaron Loup gave up an infield RBI single to Adam Eaton to tie the game at six.

For the first time since May 9, the White Sox scored more than four runs at home.

Hutchison pitched five innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, while striking out six and walking two. Hutchison, who has received the most run support in baseball, had his ERA rise to 5.33. He left the game with a 6-4 lead, failing to get his ninth victory.

Danks gave up six runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.

TRAINING ROOM

BLUE JAYS: RHP Aaron Sanchez, who is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right lat, pitched two innings, giving up two runs on three hits in a rehab stint for the Gulf Coast Blue Jays of the rookie league on Tuesday. He's been on the disabled list since June 6 with the shoulder injury. He is 5-4 with a 3.55 ERA.

UP NEXT

The Blue Jays and White Sox conclude their four-game series Thursday. Toronto starts R.A. Dickey (3-9) against Jeff Samardzija (5-4). Dickey is 0-6 on the road with a 6.10 ERA. In his last start against the Blue Jays, Samardzija allowed one unearned run in seven innings.

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