James McCann homered twice and drove in four runs Wednesday as the visiting Chicago White Sox walloped the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-1 for a split of their two-game series.
The White Sox (27-16) outhit Pittsburgh (14-27) 11-4.
Yoan Moncada added an RBI double, Nick Madrigal a two-run single and Yasmani Grandal an RBI single for Chicago.
Dane Dunning (1-0), making his fourth career start and first against the Pirates, allowed three hits, walked one and struck out three in six-plus innings for his first win. He scattered the three hits -- a leadoff single in the first by Adam Frazier, a leadoff single in the fifth by Josh Bell and a leadoff double in the seventh by Colin Moran.
Pittsburgh rookie J.T. Brubaker (1-1) got rocked for seven runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings, with five strikeouts and two walks.
After being perfect through two innings, Brubaker gave up a leadoff homer to McCann in the third, a shot to straightaway center.
The White Sox sent nine to the plate and scored four in the fourth. Moncada opened with a single and went to third when right fielder Gregory Polanco bobbled the ball for an error. Grandal drove in Moncada with a single up the middle to make it 2-0. Jose Abreu extended his hitting streak to a career-best 22 games with an infield single, and Eloy Jimenez walked to load the bases.
After Luis Robert struck out, McCann's sacrifice fly brought in Grandal for a 3-0 lead. Madrigal went up the middle to drive in Abreu and Jimenez to make it 5-0.
In the sixth, Chicago tacked on three more. With one out, McCann went to left this time, his fifth homer, for a 7-0 lead. That chased Brubaker for Tyler Bashlor. Nomar Mazara singled, Madrigal lined out and Tim Anderson walked ahead of Moncada's RBI double.
In the eighth, Pittsburgh loaded the bases on a single and two walks. McCann was called for catcher's interference with Polanco batting, forcing in a run to make it 8-1.
--Field Level Media
Chi. White Sox | Pittsburgh | |
Dane Dunning | Player | JT Brubaker |
Win | W/L | Loss |
6.0 | IP | 5.1 |
3 | Strikeouts | 5 |
3 | Hits | 7 |
0.00 | ERA | 11.81 |
Chi. White Sox | Pittsburgh | |
James McCann | Player | JT Riddle |
2 | Hits | 1 |
4 | RBI | 0 |
2 | HR | 0 |
8 | TB | 1 |
.667 | Avg | .500 |
Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
Chi. White Sox | 11 | 2 | 19 | .297 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Pittsburgh | 4 | 0 | 5 | .129 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |