Nam Y. Huh/AP Jacoby Ellsbury celebrates with the Yankees after hitting a solo blast that would give the Bombers the win. CHICAGO – Friday night, the White Sox stunned the Yankees with a ninth-inning comeback against their closer. Saturday, the Bombers returned the favor.
The Yankees rallied in the ninth inning against shaky closer Ronald Belisario, erasing a three-run deficit to give themselves new life.
Jacoby Ellsbury made that rally count, launching a solo homer off Zach Putnam in the 10th to lift the Yankees to a 4-3 win over the White Sox, winning their first game at U.S. Cellular Field since 2011 to snap an eight-game losing streak on the South Side.
David Robertson, who blew his first save of the season on Friday night, bounced back with a scoreless 10th to pick up his 10th save.
Dellin Betances improved to 3-0, earning the win with a scoreless ninth.
The win gives the Yankees a 2-3 record through five games of their six-game swing through Chicago, but they would be winless if not for a pair of wobbly closers coughing up late leads.
John Danks became the latest starter to own the Yankees, holding them to one hit over eight shutout innings. Along with Jason Hammel and Jeff Samardzija of the Cubs and fellow White Sox pitchers Chris Sale and Hector Noesi, Danks’ outing gave opposing starters a 1.10 ERA in the past five games.
The Yankees had only two at-bats in the first eight innings with a runner in scoring position, failing to capitalize on either one.
They finally broke through in the ninth against Belisario, who has been very hittable since taking over for injured closer Matt Lindstrom.
Belisario had a three-run lead with a runner at first and two out, but hits by Alfonso Soriano and Yangervis Solarte pulled the Yankees within a run. Ichiro Suzuki drew a walk, then pinch-hitter Brian McCann singled in Solarte, tying the game.
An inning later, Ellsbury took Putnam’s 1-0 pitch over the right-field wall with two out to give the Yankees their first lead of the game.
Vidal Nuno allowed three early runs before giving the Yankees a quality start, pitching into the eighth inning. He was charged with three runs on nine hits and one walk, striking out five in the loss.
Nam Y. Huh/AP Vidal Nuno allows nine hits, three runs and a walk while fanning five during his seven-inning performance. Nuno had been hit-or-miss through his first six starts, posting a 2.08 ERA in his three good outings and a ghastly 8.76 mark in his three bad ones.
Saturday’s game looked to fall into the latter category after the White Sox opened the game with three straight hits against Nuno, taking a 1-0 lead on Dayan Viciedo’s double. Friday hero Adam Dunn added a sacrifice fly and Alexei Ramirez drove in a run with a groundout, putting the Yankees in a quick 3-0 hole after the opening frame.
Nuno actually settled in after his terrible start, keeping the White Sox off the board despite allowing a baserunner in five of the next six innings.
But Danks, who sported a 7.11 career ERA against the Yankees and came in with a 3-4 record and a 5.64 ERA in nine starts this season, made the early runs hold up with ease.
Danks retired 11 of the first 12 batters he faced, the lone exception coming in the third inning when John Ryan Murphy reached on an error by third baseman Marcus Semien.
The Yankees collected their first hit of the game with two out in the fourth when Mark Teixeira doubled to left field, but Danks struck out Soriano to strand Teixeira at second base.
That was their last at-bat with a runner in scoring position for several innings as Danks retired the Yankees in order in the fifth, sixth and seventh, taking a one-hitter into the eighth.
Murphy picked up the Yankees’ second hit of the day with two out in the eighth, snapping Danks’ streak of 12 straight outs. Brendan Ryan followed with another single, bringing the tying run to the plate.
White Sox bench coach Mark Parent, who filled in as manager after Robin Ventura was ejected in the second inning for arguing when Adrian Nieto was ruled out of the baseline despite initially being called safe, opted to stick with Danks.
Danks rewarded Parent by getting Brett Gardner to fly out, holding the three-run lead on his 104th and final pitch before watching his bullpen implode after his departure.
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