ANAHEIM, Calif. — Andrew Benintendi homered twice for the third time this season and drove in four runs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-4 Monday night for their first three-game winning streak in nearly three months.
''It's been fun to watch. He's on a nice little stretch right now," interim manager Grady Sizemore said about Benintendi, who is 6 for 12 with three homers and six RBIs during the winning streak. ''He's doing it against righty's, lefty's. He's coming through for us.''
It is only the fourth time the White Sox have won at least three in a row — and the first since June 27-29, when they beat Atlanta and Colorado. Chicago took two of three from Oakland over the weekend to snap a string of 20 consecutive series losses.
On Tuesday night, Chicago will try to match its season-high winning streak of four, which happened May 8-11 against Tampa Bay and Cleveland.
''The wins have been hard to come by, so when you can get one, you appreciate it. When you get a couple in a row, it's even better,'' Sizemore said. ''It was a good atmosphere in the dugout. Guys are happy right now.''
The White Sox are 36-115 with 11 games left and are trying to avoid the post-1900 record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets. Chicago is 16-57 away from home, well off the post-1900 mark of 65 road losses by the 1935 Boston Braves.
''We're showing up every day, playing our best baseball and one day at a time. I'm not worried about the future,'' said first baseman Andrew Vaughn, who had two hits and drove in a pair of runs.
The White Sox took a 3-0 first-inning lead in a matchup of teams with the worst records in the American League. Benintendi hit a two-run shot to right field off Angels starter Reid Detmers (4-7). Two pitches later, Vaughn drove a fastball over the wall in left-center.
