Jones, Rice and Goldschmidt homer in Yankees’ rout of White Sox

Yankees rout – Spencer Jones drove in the Yankees early with his first Yankee Stadium homer, Ben Rice and Paul Goldschmidt added two-run drives as New York crushed Chicago 12-2 on Tuesday night. Gerrit Cole limited the White Sox to two runs in six innings, while the Yankees

NEW YORK — The noise in the stadium started with the second inning. when Spencer Jones turned on Davis Martin and sent his first Yankee Stadium home run out to right field. It was the first crack in a game the Yankees never let close. and by the time the night was over. New York had turned Martin’s outing into something ugly. loud. and long: a 12-2 rout of the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.

Jones kept the pressure on. He also walked with the bases loaded during a four-run third after Martin lost an ABS challenge. Ben Rice then took the damage into a new gear in the fourth. hitting his 20th homer to make it 7-1 when he hammered Martin’s 2-1 curveball into the right-field seats. Paul Goldschmidt followed with his 10th homer of the year. chasing Martin with a shot to left on a 1-2 fastball.

Gerrit Cole, meanwhile, made it look simple. He improved to 2-1 by allowing two runs and three hits in six innings as the Yankees moved to 8-4 since losing slugger Aaron Judge indefinitely to a stress fracture in his right rib. New York has now been asked to absorb that kind of absence without flinching — and against Chicago. it answered with numbers.

Jones reached the second deck in right field for a tying shot off Martin (9-3). The rookie’s homer came with the key detail that it was his second career home run. For Rice, the night carried added weight: he reached 20 homers for the second straight season, after hitting 26 in 2025. The Yankees first baseman joined Houston’s Yordan Alvarez. Minnesota’s Byron Buxton and injured White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami among American League players with 20 home runs.

Goldschmidt’s contribution fit the same rhythm. He homered for the second time in three games and matched his total from last season when he appeared in 146 games for the Yankees.

Even in the ninth, the scoreboard kept telling the story. José Caballero homered off a 41 mph curveball by infielder Luisangel Acuña.

The Yankees’ offense wasn’t a one-swing affair. Cody Bellinger finished with three hits, including a go-ahead two-run single with the bases loaded in the third. Ryan McMahon added an RBI single in the six-run fourth. J.C. Escarra started the third with a double and reached three times. including on a throwing error by reliever Chris Murphy that gave New York an 11-1 lead.

By the end, New York had 16 hits and scored double-digit runs for the eighth time.

Chicago’s damage, too, arrived in clusters — even if it couldn’t change the result. Andrew Benintendi homered three batters in. but the White Sox still dropped to 5-4 in a stretch of 11 straight games against the Phillies. Braves. Dodgers and Yankees. Davis Martin tied a career worst by allowing nine runs. He also permitted eight hits in 3.1 innings. and the right-hander gave up three homers after yielding three in his first 13 starts.

New York will look to carry the momentum into Wednesday night with Andrew Benintendi’s impact still echoing from Tuesday’s blowout and with another marquee matchup waiting on the mound: Chicago LHP Anthony Kay (6-1, 4.34 ERA) faces New York LHP Carlos Rodón (2-2, 3.19).

Yankees White Sox Spencer Jones Ben Rice Paul Goldschmidt Gerrit Cole Davis Martin Carlos Rodón Anthony Kay Aaron Judge stress fracture