White Sox stun Yankees 12-2 for Grady Sizemore's first win - ESPN

CHICAGO — Gavin Sheets matched a career high with four hits and drove in four runs, Korey Lee and Brooks Baldwin homered and the Chicago White Sox gave interim manager Grady Sizemore his first win, pounding the New York Yankees 12-2 Monday night after losing 24 of 25.

The White Sox set season highs for runs and with 18 hits after dropping their first two games under Sizemore, who took over when the White Sox fired Pedro Grifol on Thursday. They had lost three straight since beating Oakland to stop a 21-game skid that matched an American League record.

The White Sox entered the day with the worst record in MLB, and the Yankees entered the day with a share of the best record. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the first time since Sept. 27, 1934 that a team with the worst record in MLB defeated the team with the best record by 10-plus runs in July or later. The winning team that day was the White Sox, who blanked the Detroit Tigers 11-0. These are the only two times it's happened in the past 100 years.

«It was amazing, so much fun,» Sizemore said in his postgame media availability. «These last few games, I'm just so proud of these guys, the way they played. The energy, just everything, I know I just keep saying the same thing. But I just couldn't be happier for the guys.»

Lee connected leading off a two-run fourth against Yankees starter Luis Gil. Baldwin capped a six-run seventh with a three-run drive against Enyel De Los Santos that made it 11-2.

Sheets hit RBI doubles in a two-run first, in the fifth against Tim Hill and in the seventh off De Los Santos. He also scored in the inning on a single by Dominic Fletcher and singled in a run in the eighth.

Andrew Vaughn had four hits and scored twice, helping the