Benintendi hits 2nd home of game in 10th, White Sox beat Rays 8-7 for 5th win of season.

CHICAGO — Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run home run in the 10th inning for his second homer of the game and the season, giving the Chicago White Sox an 8-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night. Benintendi had three hits and six RBIs to help Chicago won its second straight and for just the fifth time this season. Chicago's 5-22 start is its worst ever in 27 games. Baltimore started 3-24 in 1988. Benintendi won it by smacking the first pitch he saw from Phil Maton (0-2) deep over the right-center wall. Automatic runner Curtis Mead scored from third on Deivi Garcia's (1-2) wild pitch in the dirt in the top of the 10th to put Tampa Bay ahead 7-6.

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