Sizzling Sean Burke starts second half strong in White Sox' 3-0 win over Blue Jays
<p>TORONTO — Sean Burke had it all working on an immaculate Sunday afternoon north of the border, surrendering two hits in the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" target="_blank" ><u>White Sox</u></a>’ 3-0 victory over the Blue Jays.</p><p>The tall right-hander carried over his strong month before the All-Star break with 6 ⅔ strong innings and five strikeouts to help the Sox start the second half with a series win on the road, where an up-and-coming squad has had growing pains as in their surprising run to contention.</p><p>Burke didn’t surrender a hit until the fourth inning, one of two singles the Jays mustered to go with a walk.</p><p>The Sox couldn’t find any offense either against Trey Yesavage until Colson Montgomery scratched out an infield single in the top of the fourth inning after a walk to Miguel Vargas, who came home on Andrew Benintendi’s sacrifice fly.</p><p>Montgomery smacked his <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/07/03/before-first-anniversary-of-white-sox-debut-colson-montgomery-recalls-his-first-big-moment" target="_blank" ><u>team-leading</u></a> 24th home run of the season with two outs in the sixth. Then Benintendi hit a double and scored on a single from Braden Montgomery, who later made a sliding catch in the ninth inning with the Jays threatening.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center><div class="Enhancement-item"> <div class="ExternalContent-wrapper" > <div class="TweetUrl"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colson Montgomery goes deep!
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<p>TORONTO — Sean Burke had it all working on an immaculate Sunday afternoon north of the border, surrendering two hits in the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" target="_blank" ><u>White Sox</u></a>’ 3-0 victory over the Blue Jays.</p><p>The tall right-hander carried over his strong month before the All-Star break with 6 ⅔ strong innings and five strikeouts to help the Sox start the second half with a series win on the road, where an up-and-coming squad has had growing pains as in their surprising run to contention.</p><p>Burke didn’t surrender a hit until the fourth inning, one of two singles the Jays mustered to go with a walk.</p><p>The Sox couldn’t find any offense either against Trey Yesavage until Colson Montgomery scratched out an infield single in the top of the fourth inning after a walk to Miguel Vargas, who came home on Andrew Benintendi’s sacrifice fly.</p><p>Montgomery smacked his <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/07/03/before-first-anniversary-of-white-sox-debut-colson-montgomery-recalls-his-first-big-moment" target="_blank" ><u>team-leading</u></a> 24th home run of the season with two outs in the sixth. Then Benintendi hit a double and scored on a single from Braden Montgomery, who later made a sliding catch in the ninth inning with the Jays threatening.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center><div class="Enhancement-item"> <div class="ExternalContent-wrapper" > <div class="TweetUrl"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colson Montgomery goes deep! <a href="https://t.co/rEuUrBtC7V">pic.twitter.com/rEuUrBtC7V</a></p>— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) <a href="https://x.com/whitesox/status/2078896606393295089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 19, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div> </div> </div></div><p>Randal Grichuk made a leaping catch at the wall in the bottom of the frame against his former team to rob All-Star Ernie Clement of extra bases.</p><p>Relievers Bryan Hudson and Grant Taylor shut it down. </p><p>Burke’s effort marked his sixth straight solid outing since mid-June, which manager Will Venable attributed to “just being aggressive with the fastball."</p><p>“You can feel it when he's doing it,” Venable said before the game.
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- <p>TORONTO — Sean Burke had it all working on an immaculate Sunday afternoon north of the border, surrendering two hits in the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" target="_blank" ><u>White Sox</u></a>’ 3-0 victory over the Blue Jays.</p><p>The tall right-hander carried over his strong month before the All-Star break with 6 ⅔ strong innings and five strikeouts to help the Sox start the second half with a series win on the road, where an up-and-coming squad has had growing pains as in their surprising run to contention.</p><p>Burke didn’t surrender a hit until the fourth inning, one of two singles the Jays mustered to go with a walk.</p><p>The Sox couldn’t find any offense either against Trey Yesavage until Colson Montgomery scratched out an infield single in the top of the fourth inning after a walk to Miguel Vargas, who came home on Andrew Benintendi’s sacrifice fly.</p><p>Montgomery smacked his <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/07/03/before-first-anniversary-of-white-sox-debut-colson-montgomery-recalls-his-first-big-moment" target="_blank" ><u>team-leading</u></a> 24th home run of the season with two outs in the sixth. Then Benintendi hit a double and scored on a single from Braden Montgomery, who later made a sliding catch in the ninth inning with the Jays threatening.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center><div class="Enhancement-item"> <div class="ExternalContent-wrapper" > <div class="TweetUrl"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colson Montgomery goes deep!
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