Chicago Cubs vs Chicago White Sox

The Cubs tied it in the seventh when Bregman singled in Alcantara off Grant Taylor. The game was then delayed 88 minutes by rain in the top of the eighth — a stoppage that reset the bullpens and took both starters out of the equation.

After play resumed, Jacob Webb (6-2) pitched a scoreless ninth to set up the Cubs' MLB-leading 13th walk-off win of the season. The ninth-inning rally began when Kelly — who entered as a defensive replacement — doubled to left leading off. After Crow-Armstrong was intentionally walked, Bregman delivered the game-winner.

• Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC): 1-for-3, HR (31), BB, 2 BB, HBP — leadoff homer, reached base four times, made history. His 31 homers and 79 RBIs lead the Cubs.
• Alex Bregman (CHC): 2-for-5, 2 RBI, including the walk-off single. His second game-winning hit in as many nights after tying it with a seventh-inning single.
• Erick Fedde (CHW): 4.2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K — outstanding relief outing that kept the White Sox in position to win.
• Carson Kelly (CHC): 1-for-1, 2B — the leadoff double in the ninth made the walk-off possible.

Player of the Match: Pete Crow-Armstrong — MLB history with back-to-back leadoff homers and a walk-off in a two-game span.

The final box score shows the Cubs out-hit 10-8, but the story is in the sequencing. The White Sox left seven runners on base, while the Cubs made their hits count — two first-inning homers, a clutch RBI single in the seventh, and the walk-off in the ninth. Chicago's 4-for-14 with runners in scoring position outpaced the White Sox's 3-for-9, but the bigger gap was in the bullpen: Cubs relievers (Assad, Thielbar, Webb) combined for 4.2 scoreless innings, while White Sox relievers not named Fedde (Brazoban, Taylor, Richards) allowed two runs in 3.0 innings.

The Cubs (74-53) improved to 38-26 at Wrigley Field and have now won eight straight over the White Sox at home. They remain 4.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers in the NL Central. The White Sox (65-60) saw their AL Central lead shrink to four games over the Minnesota Twins.

The series concludes Wednesday (Thursday 00:05 UTC) with White Sox RHP Clay Holmes (5-5, 2.56) taking the mound for the Cubs, while the White Sox had not named a starter at the time of writing.

A second straight walk-off for the Cubs in the Crosstown Classic, and another chapter in Crow-Armstrong's breakout season. The 88-minute rain delay only delayed the inevitable at Wrigley, where the Cubs are now 13-0 in walk-off games this season — a testament to a team that refuses to quit.