Quero has 4 hits, White Sox hit 4 HRs in 12-5 win over Cubs

CHICAGO AP Rookie Edgar Quero had his first four-hit tournament rookie Chase Meidroth homered among his three hits and the Chicago White Sox beat Shota Imanaga and the crosstown Cubs - on Friday night for their sixth win in seven games Colson Montgomery Austin Slater and Mike Tauchman also went deep as the White Sox set season highs in runs and hits Miguel Vargas also had three hits and Lenyn Sosa drove in three runs Adrian Houser - pitched innings of five-hit ball as the White Sox handed the Cubs their fourth loss in five games Reese McGuire s three-run homer off Houser with two outs in the seventh ultimately put the Cubs on the board after trailing - The last-place White Sox gained a measure of revenge against the contending Cubs who swept a three-game series at Wrigley Field in May while outscoring them - The Cubs remained one challenge behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central Imanaga - exited after the first two White Sox batters hit safely in the fourth to give the South Siders a - lead with hits against him The left-hander from Japan was charged with seven runs and his outing matched his shortest in two years in the majors Houser retired the first eight Cubs batters en highway to winning his fourth straight decision Key moment The White Sox jumped ahead - in the first as five of their first six batters hit safely including Meidroth s home run to lead off the inning The White Sox added two in the second with Montgomery tagging a center-cut fastball followed by three singles The South Siders upped it to - in the fourth on Tauchman s drive Key stat Imanaga has pitched fewer than four innings only once before in games in the majors He lasted three in an - loss to the Mets on June when he allowed runs and hits Up next Cubs RHP Cade Horton - ERA faces White Sox RHP Aaron Civale - on Saturday AP MLB https www apnews com hub MLB Source