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White Sox Win 6th Straight, Blank Blue Jays 4-0

TORONTO (AP) — Dioner Navarro hit a go-ahead, two-run triple in the seventh inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-0, on Wednesday night for their sixth straight win.

Jose Quintana (3-1) struck out a season-high 10 in six innings for Chicago, which at 16-6 is 10 games above .500 for the first time since Sept. 25, 2012. Quintana allowed five hits and walked three, improving to 4-0 with a 0.68 ERA in four starts at Toronto. He has won consecutive starts and lowered his ERA to 1.47, passing teammate Chris Sale for fourth-best in the AL.

Zach Duke, Nate Jones and David Robertson pitched an inning each, finishing Chicago's major league-leading fifth shutout.

Marco Estrada (1-2) gave up one hit through six innings but was knocked out in the seventh. Estrada allowed three runs and three hits in 6 2/3 innings and is winless in three starts.

Chicago's three-game sweep was the first by a visitor at Toronto since the Los Angeles Angels from Sept. 10-12, 2013. Shut out for the first time this season. Toronto has lost six of eight.

Todd Frazier singled to begin the seventh, and Melky Cabrera hit into a forceout. Brett Lawrie walked, Avisail Garcia struck out and Navarro got his fifth career triple, a drive off the wall in right-center.

Jesse Chavez relieved, and Austin Jackson tripled. During the next at bat, plate umpire John Tumpane ejected Blue Jays manager John Gibbons for arguing. It was the first ejection of the season for Gibbons, who came out and continued arguing with Tumpane and crew chief Dan Iassogna.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Blue Jays: C Russell Martin returned to the lineup after missing the previous three games due to neck spasms. ... Donaldson returned to third base after starting at DH the previous two days.

UP NEXT

White Sox: LHP John Danks (0-3, 6.23) is to start the opener of a four-game series at Baltimore on Thursday. His opponent will be RHP Tyler Wilson (1-0, 2.77). Danks last pitched April 21 against the Angels.

Blue Jays: Toronto is off for the first time in 17 days before opening a three-game series at Tampa Bay on Friday. RHP Aaron Sanchez (1-1, 3.33) is slated to pitch against LHP Drew Smyly (1-2, 2.51). Sanchez allowed six runs in his last start, three more than he gave up in his three previous starts combined.

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