CHICAGO _ The White Sox came from behind for a 5-3 win over the Cubs in the finale of the City Series at Wrigley Field, snapping their seven-game losing streak before a crowd of 40,537.
Lucas Giolito (2-4) notched the win despite a hairy first inning and seven walks overall. Bruce Rondon, a surprise choice as closer, pitched the ninth for the save.
After a two-out single by Tommy La Stella, Ben Zobrist flied out to end it. The Cubs wound up with only three hits on the afternoon as their win streak ended at five games.
After being pounded in the first two games, the Sox grabbed their first lead of the series with a two-run sixth inning off Kyle Hendricks, who fell to 3-3.
Nicky Delmonico's triple tied the game at 3, before Matt Davidson's sacrifice fly put the Sox on top. Leury Garcia's run-scoring single off Brian Duensing in the seventh extended the lead to two runs.
Giolito walked seven over 5 2/3 innings, throwing only 50 strikes in 100 pitches. He threw three wild pitches and hit a batter, while yielding two hits.
The Cubs took advantage of Giolito's control problems to take an early lead. Giolito walked three, threw two wild pitches and allowed four stolen bases in the first as the Cubs scored in the opening inning for the third straight game.
Javier Baez's two-run single on a 3-0 pitch gave the Cubs a 2-0 lead. But the Sox answered with a solo home run by Davidson off Hendricks in the second, and tied it on Yolmer Sanchez's RBI single in the third.
A throwing error by Willson Contreras on an attempted pick-off play at first preceded Sanchez's hit, making it an unearned run.
Ian Happ's RBI double in the fourth gave the Cubs a brief 3-2 lead, but Addison Russell stopped at third and was then thrown out at the plate on a grounder to first.
