ATLANTA _ Lucas Giolito wasn't giving in.
Neither was Freddie Freeman.
One of the top pitchers in the American League squared off Sunday with one of the top hitters in the National League in the sixth inning of a tied game.
Giolito quickly got ahead with two strikes. Freeman fouled off four pitches and took two balls.
Freeman hit a two-run homer on the ninth pitch of the at-bat, his second two-run homer of the game.
The homers served as the difference as the Braves beat the White Sox 5-3 in front of 41,397 at SunTrust Park. Freeman went 3-for-4 and matched a career-high with five RBIs.
Giolito (14-8) pitched well, but the Sox couldn't avoid their sixth straight loss. He allowed four runs on four hits in six innings, striking out seven and walking one. He also helped his own cause with a two-run single.
Freeman's first homer came in the first. Giolito's two-out, two-run single to right tied the game in the second. It was the second hit of his career.
Giolito retired 14 straight until Johan Camargo led off the sixth with a double to right. Giolito retired the next two batters, but Freeman then hit the go-ahead homer on a 97 mph fastball.
Giolito will have to wait until his next start to try to become just the fifth Sox pitcher since 2008 to win at least 15 games. Chris Sale was the last, winning 17 in 2016.
Jose Abreu got the Sox within 4-3 with a two-out RBI single to left in the seventh. The hit gave the Sox runners on first and second with Yoan Moncada at the plate. But Tim Anderson was thrown out attempted to steal third to end the inning.
Freeman added an RBI single in the eighth, as the Sox fell to 0-6 all-time in Atlanta.
