ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. _ When White Sox second baseman Yolmer Sanchez hit his first career leadoff home run Tuesday night, many people at Tropicana Field _ including Sanchez _ didn't know it was a homer.
When Avisail Garcia and Todd Frazier each hit their ninth homers of the year, they left little doubt, launching each of them at least 430 feet.
Those three homers helped the Sox break free from a five-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Rays.
Sanchez gave the Sox the first-inning lead when his ball hit a catwalk above center field and ricocheted to the ground behind center fielder Kevin Kiermaier. Sanchez stopped at third base, but he was told to go home by an umpire. A crew chief review let the home-run call stand.
Garcia's seventh-inning solo shot to left field was just the fifth Sox hit off Rays right-hander Chris Archer, who entered the day ranked third in baseball with 95 strikeouts. He added 11 to that total Tuesday while walking none in seven innings.
Jose Abreu had an RBI single in the eighth, and Frazier hit a solo homer out to center field in the ninth.
White Sox left-hander Jose Quintana took the mound in search of a turnaround after a bad stretch, which included a 19.29 ERA over his last two starts.
He ended his night having allowed one earned run on four hits with four walks _ one intentional _ and seven strikeouts over 51/3 innings.
After the Sox took a 1-0 lead, Quintana allowed the Rays to tie the game in the bottom of the first. Corey Dickerson doubled, and Evan Longoria singled into short right field to drive him home.
The Rays walked the bases loaded in the fifth, the third intentional after Leury Garcia caught a flyout and then committed a throwing error to allow runners to reach second and third. But Quintana struck out Logan Morrison to end the threat, his third straight called strikeout to end an inning.
Quintana walked two in the sixth, and the runners advanced on a wild pitch. After Quintana ended his night with a strikeout against Rickie Weeks Jr., right-hander Chris Beck entered to limit the damage. After an intentional walk to load the bases, he was down on a 3-0 count against Rays catcher Jesus Sucre. But Sucre took a called strike and fouled off a ball before hitting into an inning-ending double play.
The Rays got a run back on Sucre's bases-loaded sacrifice fly against Tommy Kahnle in the eighth.
"We go over the series, we analyze it, what we did well, what we didn't do well, what could we improve upon and ... put it behind us because it's just such a long grinding season. ... We keep perspective and just keep grinding it out. We'll figure out who we are when the season is over. It's still a story being told." _ Sox manager Rick Renteria on the Tigers series
