{"id":859094,"date":"2026-06-11T04:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/859094\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:45:22","slug":"chicago-white-sox-move-into-1st-with-2-1-win-over-atlanta-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/859094\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox move into 1st with 2-1 win over Atlanta Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Davis Martin talked about the first-place Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, the first-place White Sox. The team that lost 100-plus games the last three years is atop the American League Central this late in the season for the first time since 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing on the team in \u201924 and \u201925, you know how hard it is to come to the park with some of those teams,\u201d the right-handed starter said. \u201cBut now, every time you come through the parking lot and know that you have a chance to win the game, that really just fires you up.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes all the days worth it. It makes the long road trips worth it. We have a bunch of entertainers and we a bunch of guys who make each other laugh. You are super excited to come to the yard every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photos: Chicago White Sox 2, Atlanta Braves 1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Sox also are jacked up after they knocked off the Atlanta Braves \u2014 the team with the best record in Major League Baseball \u2014 a second straight night with a 2-1 victory Wednesday in front of 14,627 at Rate Field.<\/p>\n

Martin (9-2) threw six shutout innings, allowing six hits and striking out six against the Braves (45-23). He outdueled 2024 Cy Young Award winner and former White Sox star Chris Sale (8-5), who gave up two runs in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI gave myself a little bit of time to look up at (the scoreboard), and they had our career stats,\u201d Martin said. \u201cThey had mine at 250 punchouts and he had 3,000 or 2,000 or something like that. Some crazy big number.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I was just like, \u2018man, this is fun.\u2019 This is who you want to play against and this is why you want to be in the big leagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sox (36-31) moved a half-game in front of the Cleveland Guardians thanks in part to rookie Braden Montgomery\u2019s two doubles, while Derek Hill and Luisangel Acuna each drove in runs in the fourth inning.<\/p>\n

Montgomery burst onto the scene with a walk-off home run in his major-league debut Tuesday night, and the switch hitter smacked a double right-handed off Sale and left-handed off James Karinchak.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Sale) is obviously one of the greats in the game, so you\u2019ve really got to find the balance between (blocking) out that you are playing against a Hall of Famer and locking in and trying to put together quality at-bats to get a win,\u201d Montgomery, 23, said.<\/p>\n

\"ChicagoWhite Sox right fielder Braden Montgomery (24) is greeted by Jacob Gonzalez after scoring in the fourth inning against the Braves on June 10, 2026, at Rate Field. (Chris Sweda\/Chicago Tribune)
\n\"ChicagoWhite Sox right fielder Braden Montgomery high-fives teammates in the dugout after scoring in the fourth inning against the Braves on June 10, 2026, at Rate Field. (Chris Sweda\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

Shortstop Colson Montgomery missed his second straight game with back tightness, saying he experienced some discomfort two weeks ago but played through it. He is planning to return Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nothing to worry about,\u201d Colson Montgomery said. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to get ahead of it, so we thought this was the best thing to do. It was getting to the point where it was getting more painful and less manageable. That\u2019s why we thought big picture and see where we\u2019re at. If it starts affecting me with my life and my day-to-day stuff, that\u2019s when I need to start thinking about stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he said he wished he could have played in Tuesday\u2019s 6-5, 10-inning win in which Braden Montgomery hit the dramatic home run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had FOMO last night,\u201d said Colson Montgomery, using the phrase Fear of Missing Out. \u201cWhat Braden did was awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colson Montgomery made his debut last summer and has proved to be a strong hitter and defensive player. He laughed when told people are calling Braden the better Montgomery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no rivalry,\u201d the shortstop said. \u201cHe\u2019s like my brother. That\u2019s how we go about that relationship. We\u2019re good friends. We spent time in spring training and we\u2019re all getting to know him.\u201d<\/p>\n

This series has produced some interesting exchanges in the Acu\u00f1a family. Ronald Jr., a Braves outfielder, and Luisangel, a Sox infielder, played on the same major-league field against each just once in their career before Tuesday night. They both were a part of the pregame lineup card exchange in the series opener.<\/p>\n

With two outs in the second inning Tuesday, Ronald Acu\u00f1a\u00a0was hit by a pitch. He tried to steal second but was tagged out by younger brother Luisangel, who has been subbing at shortstop for Colson Montgomery.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said I was tricking him because I didn\u2019t tag him,\u201d Luisangel said through an interpreter.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s exciting for me to play against him because when I was a kid, I would dream about playing here (in the majors) with him or against him. We were able to make that dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in the fifth inning, Ronald suffered a hamstring injury running out a grounder, and the Braves on Wednesday placed him on the 10-day injured list.<\/p>\n

Luisangel had two hits and an RBI on Wednesday, stole third base in the seventh inning and was tagged out at the plate on a fielder\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n

Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Chicago Tribune.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Davis Martin talked about the first-place Chicago White Sox. That\u2019s right, the first-place White Sox. The team that…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":859095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[1280,21896,960,1274,4139,29987,27044,5386,1818,67277,20407],"class_list":["post-859094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-braden-montgomery","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-chris-sale","tag-colson-montgomery","tag-davis-martin","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-luisangel-acuna","tag-ronald-acuna-jr"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116729658955169425","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=859094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}