Andrew Benintendi drove in three runs and Jake Burger hit his 20th home run as the visiting Chicago White Sox beat the Braves 6-5 on Saturday for the franchise's first victory in Atlanta.
The White Sox entered the game 0-7 on the road against the Braves, but scored two late runs -- including Burger's tiebreaking solo homer in the sixth -- and ended their three-game losing streak.Benintendi was 3-for-5 with a double and scored a run. In seven career games against Atlanta, he is batting .464 with eight RBIs, seven runs and three doubles.
Reliever Kendall Graveman gave up one run on a solo homer to Acuna in the ninth and allowed runners on the corners before retiring Sean Murphy on a game-ending double play. Graveman earned his eighth save. The White Sox scored three times in the third inning. Benintendi singled in the first run and two scored when Luis Robert Jr. lofted a fly to left that got past left fielder Eddie Rosario for a two-run double.
The White Sox took a 4-3 in the fifth when Rosario misplayed Benintendi's single into a double, allowing Seby Zavala to score. Rosario exited the game in the next inning with right hamstring tightness.
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