Lenyn Sosa entered his eighth inning at-bat against Tim Hill with the approach of “just stay calm.”
“My main thought was just to take advantage of a good pitch,” Sosa said through an interpreter, “and I was able to do that.”
Sosa hit a tiebreaking solo home run to center, helping to propel the Chicago White Sox to a 3-2 victory against the New York Yankees on Sunday in front of 27,810 at Rate Field.
“Very exciting, emotional to be able to hit a homer against a team like them in that situation,” Sosa said. “I’m very excited about it.”
The Sox relied on the long ball and strong pitching to snap a five-game losing streak.
Colson Montgomery tied the score in the sixth inning with a solo home run to right-center, his 15th of the season. Sosa broke the tie in the eighth with his team-leadi