New York, New York<\/a>.\u00a0The Sox have been outscored 22-7 in the two games at Yankee Stadium and have lost nine straight in the Bronx since June 8, 2023. They\u2019re also 2-13 overall against the Yankees since 2024.<\/p>\n![\"Chicago](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ctc-z-White-Sox-Yankees-Baseball_263809423.jpg\")
Chicago White Sox pitcher Anthony Kay reacts as New York Yankees’ Cody Bellinger runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)<\/p>\n
Colson Montgomery homered twice and drove in four runs Wednesday, but Anthony Kay put the Sox in a quick four-run hole after two innings and lasted only four innings. The Sox have had only one starter \u2014 Davis Martin \u2014 last more than five innings over their last nine starts without using an opener.<\/p>\n
Adding injuries to insult, reliever Sean Newcomb and center fielder Everson Pereira were forced to leave the game. Newcomb was hit by a scorching liner in his left triceps, but said it was just a charley horse and should be ready when called upon. Pereira collided with the left-field wall while making a sensational, leaping catch of Ben Rice\u2019s shot off Trevor Richards in the seventh with the Sox trailing by seven.<\/p>\n
Pereira was evaluated for concussion symptoms afterward. After laying motionless on the field for over a minute, he said after the game through an interpreter that he felt better by the time he got to the clubhouse, and had no qualms about going all-out late in a game that was out of reach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s what we\u2019re here for,\u201d he said. \u201cEven though we were down seven runs, we have a pitcher on the mound that the runs count for him, too. And we have to do our best to help each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pereira said he didn\u2019t know if he lost consciousness, though Venable said Pereira was \u201cseeing some stars there.\u201d The Sox manager wasn\u2019t surprised at the effort, in spite of the score.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re out there playing to do a job, and that\u2019s a great example with Everson giving himself up there,\u201d Venable said.<\/p>\n
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New York Yankees’ Cody Bellinger tosses his bat as he watches the ball he hit for a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)<\/p>\n
Cody Bellinger\u2019s two-run, first-inning home run off Kay put the Yankees ahead for good, though Kay insisted he was \u201cunlucky\u201d and victimized by the ballpark\u2019s design. The 363-foot home run, Bellinger\u2019s 11th, had an exit velocity of 92 mph.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat \u2018Belli ball\u2019 was hit at 92 (mph) and had an expected batting average of .070,\u201d Kay said. \u201cThat\u2019s kind of a Yankee Stadium ballpark luck right there.\u201d<\/p>\n
If that\u2019s ballpark luck, Bellinger will gladly take it.<\/p>\n
He went 3-for-4 with a walk and is 6-for-8 in the series with 4 RBI. Bellinger has been clutch all season, and leads the majors with 15 go-ahead RBI. The Cubs sent Bellinger and $5 million in cash to the Yankees before the 2025 season for Cody Poteet in a salary dump that Chairman Tom Ricketts denied was a salary dump. Bellinger will likely join ex-Cub Kyle Schwarber, who was non-tendered after the 2000 season, in next month\u2019s All-Star Game in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
Montgomery\u2019s three-run home run against Carlos Rodon in the third pulled the Sox to within a run, but that was the last big Sox hit. The Yankees scored two off Newcomb in the fifth before he was removed for the triceps injury, and Paul Goldschmidt ended the suspense with a three-run home run off Tyler Davis.<\/p>\n
Montgomery and Sam Antonacci hit solo home runs late with the game already out of hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese last two have been tough,\u201d Venable said of the back-to-back shellackings. \u201cBut these guys continue to battle and put themselves in good spots.\u201d<\/p>\n
But unless the Sox pitching improves, the battles will be uphill more often than not. With the stated goal of contending in 2026, that\u2019s not a recipe for success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 Looking on the bright side, Chicago White Sox shortstop Luisangel Acu\u00f1a wasn\u2019t called upon to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[104381,25677,104383,104380,48354,9,11,10,321,104382,103885,6016],"class_list":["post-270552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-anthony-kay","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-colson-montgomery","tag-everson-pereira","tag-mlb-baseball","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sean-newcomb","tag-will-venable","tag-yankee-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}