Major League Baseball
Chi. White Sox 5, Toronto 2
When: 1:07 PM ET, Saturday, June 17, 2017
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Mike Winters, 1B - Mark Wegner, 2B - Ryan Additon, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 47171

TORONTO -- The Chicago White Sox have found a home away from home.

It is named the Rogers Centre and it is there where they continued their mastery over the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday afternoon.

Using solo home runs from Todd Frazier, Matt Davidson and Jose Abreu to support Mike Pelfrey's six effective innings, the White Sox defeated the Blue Jays 5-2.

It was the sixth straight win for the White Sox (31-36) at the Rogers Centre, including the first two contests of the three-game series that ends Sunday. It was also their ninth victory in their past 10 meetings with the Blue Jays (32-35).

Pelfrey (3-5) allowed one run and four hits and while striking out five to earn his first win since May 26.

"He threw a lot of strikes, obviously threw his breaking ball very effectively, kept it down below the zone," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. "His change of speed was definitely a big factor. He used his fastball when he needed to. I thought he worked ahead pretty much, and was able to get out of a little traffic, but obviously a very nice game for him.

"Today, he actually looked very poised. Obviously, a veteran pitcher who's been trying to get through an extended outing, and today he looked like he was really trying to do that. He did a nice job."

David Robertson pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 11th save.

Toronto starter Marcus Stroman (7-3) allowed three home runs among six hits, one walk and three runs in seven innings. He also struck out five in his first loss since April 18.

"They put some good swings on a couple of balls, but other than that, I felt pretty good out there," Stroman said. "They're swinging it pretty hot right now. I feel like one through nine, every guy's kind of on the ball, every guy is taking good at-bats, every guy is competing in the box."

The White Sox grabbed an early lead on back-to-back homers by Frazier and Davidson in the second inning. Frazier's 11th of the season came on a 1-1 fastball and Davidson's 15th came on an 0-2 slider.

The Blue Jays responded with one run in the bottom of the second on singles by Kendrys Morales and Troy Tulowitzki and a ground-rule double by Ryan Goins.

Chicago regained a two-run lead in the sixth when Abreu hit a 2-2 slider for his 11th home run.

Left-hander Dan Jennings replaced Pelfrey in the seventh.

"My sinker was good for the most part," Pelfrey said. "I probably yanked a couple maybe as the game went on a little late, but the sinker was good and it had good sink. My curveball was probably the best it's been, which is refreshing to me because in the start before it was probably the worst it's been. The slider was good, too, and the split I thought was good."

After a one-out single in the seventh by Justin Smoak, Chris Beck replaced Jennings and walked Tulowitzki.

Dwight Smith Jr. singled up the middle to score Smoak, trimming the lead to 3-2. Tommy Kahnle replaced Beck and ended the inning when Goins grounded to shortstop to start a double play.

"That was huge because they had the go-ahead run at first and the tying run at second," Kahnle said. "Even though I fell behind early, I was just trying to get Goins to get that double-play ball and it ended up working out for us."

Ryan Tepera replaced Stroman in the eighth.

"I thought Stro was good today," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "Three solo home runs, but he did his job. We couldn't get enough offense going, obviously. The ball is flying, some pretty good hitters, they swing it over there, they've got some big strong dudes who can do that. I thought it was a good outing for him."

Tepera allowed a leadoff single to Alen Hanson, who was sacrificed to second by Melky Cabrera and took third when Abreu flied out to center. Avisail Garcia was walked intentionally and Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson made his second error of the game on a grounder by Frazier to restore Chicago's two-run advantage.

Kahnle pitched a perfect bottom of the eighth.

Toronto reliever Aaron Loup allowed a leadoff double in the ninth to Tim Anderson, who was sacrificed to third by Omar Narvaez. Anderson scored on a squeeze bunt by Yolmer Sanchez and took second when Loup threw wildly to first.

NOTES: White Sox CF Leury Garcia (sore left hand) missed his sixth successive start Saturday. INF/OF Alen Hanson took his place in center field for the second straight game Saturday. He was 3-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base Friday in his first game in center field. ... White Sox DH Matt Davidson was 1-for-5 with a double and three strikeouts Friday to end his home run streak at four straight games. He homered in the second inning Saturday and has extra-base hits in six straight games. ... OF Dwight Smith Jr. started in left field Saturday and INF/OF Steve Pearce, who hit a home run Friday on his return from the disabled list, was rested. ... Toronto LHP J.A. Happ (1-4, 4.31 ERA) will oppose Chicago RHP James Shields (1-0, 1.62 ER) in the series finale Sunday. Shields (strained right lat) has been on the DL since April 21.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox   Toronto
Mike Pelfrey Player Marcus Stroman
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 7.0
5 Strikeouts 5
4 Hits 6
1.50 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Chi. White Sox   Toronto
Matt Davidson Player Troy Tulowitzki
2 Hits 1
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
5 TB 1
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. White Sox 8 3 18 .242 13 6 4 2 0 0
Toronto 6 0 7 .194 8 9 2 1 0 3