Brewers beat White Sox 7-1; La Russa, Anderson ejected

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyrone Taylor hit a grand slam to cap the Milwaukee Brewers’ six-run outburst in the seventh inning of a 7-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

White Sox manager Tony La Russa and outfielder Tim Anderson were both ejected by plate umpire John Libka in the opening game of this interleague series between division leaders.

La Russa’s ejection came during a mound conference with two outs in the seventh after Milwaukee’s Rowdy Tellez drew a bases-loaded walk on a 3-2 pitch that was ruled just outside. Anderson was in the dugout in the top of the eighth inning when he also got tossed.

Ryan Burr remained in the game after issuing the bases-loaded walk to Tellez, but he threw a 2-2 pitch that Taylor sent just inside the left-field foul pole.

Aaron Bummer and Burr each walked two batters in the seventh to help Milwaukee break the game open. The White Sox issued a total of nine walks.

Tellez went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and put the Brewers ahead for good with his bases-loaded single in the fourth off Lucas Giolito (8-7). Tellez, acquired from Toronto on July 6, was 2 of 13 with the Brewers before Friday.

Giolito gave up one run and six hits in six innings while walking five and striking out three. He’s the only scheduled starting pitcher in this weekend series who wasn’t selected as an All-Star this year. According to STATS LLC, this is the first three-game series in MLB history to feature five All-Star pitchers from the current season.

Andrew Vaughn homered in the eighth for the lone White Sox run.

The White Sox wasted plenty of opportunities to tie or take the lead before the Brewers took complete command in the seventh.

Brewers starter Freddy Peralta struck out Giolito to end a second-inning threat after the White Sox loaded the bases. The...

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