Overview
- Rookie right-hander Cade Horton delivered 6⅓ shutout innings, allowing four hits, one walk and striking out three on 84 pitches.
- Ian Happ broke the scoreless tie with a seventh-inning solo homer, and Matt Shaw followed with a two-run blast in the same frame.
- Dansby Swanson’s two-out, two-run single in the eighth and a bases-loaded walk drawn by Shaw extended the Cubs’ lead to 6-0.
- White Sox starter Aaron Civale retired the first 11 batters and struck out six through five scoreless innings before giving way to late-game rallies.
- The victory evens the Crosstown Series at 1-1 and leaves Chicago tied with Milwaukee atop the National League standings.