White Sox 12-5 Cubs (Jul 25, 2025) Game Recap

The Chicago White Sox defeated the crosstown Cubs 12-5 on Friday, marking their sixth win in seven games. Rookie Edgar Quero recorded his first four-hit game, while fellow rookie Chase Meidroth homered as part of a three-hit performance. The White Sox set season highs with 18 hits and 12 runs, featuring additional home runs from Colson Montgomery, Austin Slater, and Mike Tauchman. Miguel Vargas also contributed three hits, and Lenyn Sosa drove in three runs.

White Sox pitcher Adrian Houser (6-2) earned the win, allowing five hits over 6.2 innings. The Cubs trailed 11-0 until Reese McGuire's seventh-inning three-run homer off Houser. Cubs starter Shota Imanaga (7-4) exited in the fourth inning after surrendering 12 hits and seven runs, matching his shortest MLB outing in two years. The loss was Chicago Cubs' fourth in five games.

The White Sox established early dominance, taking a 3-0 lead in the first inning highlighted by Meidroth's leadoff homer. They extended to 5-0 in the second with Montgomery's homer and three singles, and 9-0 in the fourth on Tauchman's drive. Houser retired the first eight Cubs batters. This victory avenged a May sweep by the Cubs, who outscored the White Sox 26-8 in that series. The Cubs remain one game behind NL Central leader Milwaukee.

A key statistic noted Imanaga's rare short outing—this marked only the second time in 43 MLB games he pitched fewer than four innings, following a June 2024 loss to the Mets. The series continues Saturday with Cubs right-hander Cade Horton (3-3, 4.04 ERA) facing White Sox right-hander Aaron Civale (2-6, 4.76 ERA).