Matt Chapman hit his 20th home run, Kyle Harrison pitched six strong innings, and the San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Monday night.
Harrison (7-5) gave up just one run and five hits, while striking out five and walking two. The Giants have now held their opponents to three runs or fewer in five straight games.
San Francisco (64-63) moved within 3 1/2 games of the Atlanta Braves for the final NL wild-card spot.
The White Sox (30-96) suffered their 29th loss in their last 32 games.
Luis Robert Jr. gave Chicago the lead with an RBI single in the fifth inning, breaking the team’s 21-inning scoreless streak.
The Giants responded with four runs in the fifth inning, all coming on five consecutive hits off White Sox starter Jonathan Cannon.
Curt Casali’s single tied the game, Tyler Fitzgerald hit an RBI double, and LaMonte Wade Jr. followed with an infield single for another run. Heliot Ramos added a fourth run with a sacrifice fly.
Chapman’s home run to left field in the sixth inning completed the Giants’ scoring.
Cannon (2-7) gave up five runs and eight hits, with four strikeouts and one walk in six innings. This ended his streak of four consecutive starts where he allowed three runs or fewer.
Miguel Vargas hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and Gavin Sheets added an RBI single to cut the Giants’ lead to 5-3.
Chicago had runners on second and third with two outs in the ninth inning, but Jordan Hicks got Korey Lee to fly out to center field for his first save of the season.
