Cabrera, Frazier Lead White Sox To 3-2 Win Over Blue Jays

CHICAGO (AP) — Melky Cabrera homered, Todd Frazier drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the seventh, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 3-2, on Friday night.

The White Sox started a six-game homestand on a winning note after taking three of four at Boston, while the Blue Jays lost for the fourth time in five games.

Cabrera drove a solo homer off Aaron Sanchez in the fifth and finished with three hits against his former team.

Frazier broke a 2-2 tie with a sharp single to left with two outs in the seventh against Jesse Chavez (4-2) after Tim Anderson led off with a double under third baseman Josh Donaldson's glove.

David Robertson escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth for his 19th save in 21 chances. He struck out Edwin Encarnacion swinging at a low 3-2 fastball and retired Michael Saunders on a popup to end the game.

Nate Jones (3-2) worked a scoreless inning in relief. Carlos Rodon gave up two runs and six hits while pitching into the sixth.

Ex-Blue Jay Brett Lawrie had three hits, and the White Sox came out on top despite going 1 for 14 with runners in scoring position.

Kevin Pillar had two hits and drove in two runs for Toronto, and Michael Saunders scored twice. Sanchez went six innings, allowing two runs and eight hits, but the Blue Jays came up short again.

White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper got ejected after Rodon was called for a balk in the sixth. Blue Jays manager John Gibbons got tossed with one out in the ninth after pinch-hitter Darwin Barney swung at a two-strike pitch in the dirt that got away from the catcher.

Barney started heading to first, but the pitch was ruled a foul ball. He wound up walking.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Blue Jays: 1B Justin Smoak was out of the lineup and scheduled to get an X-ray after taking a foul ball off his left knee Wednesday. . Ezequiel Carrera led off and played left field after sitting out Wednesday's game with a sore Achilles' tendon. . LHPs Brett Cecil (lat muscle) and Franklin Morales (shoulder) will have their rehab assignments moved from Class-A Dunedin to Triple-A Buffalo on Saturday. . Saunders served as DH to get him off his feet, Gibbons said.

White Sox: The White Sox held 1B Jose Abreu out of the lineup because of sore legs, though he was available off the bench. ... GM Rick Hahn said the White Sox are "not too far away" from sending 1B Justin Morneau on a rehab assignment. Morneau, who signed June 9, has been taking grounders as he works his way back from left elbow surgery in December. ... Hahn said surgery is a possibility for RHP Zach Putnam (inflammation of the ulnar nerve in his right elbow), who got a second opinion on Friday.

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