Cincinnati dropped the first two games of its series to the Chicago White Sox, as well as nine of its last 11 games overall, but turned things around to take Thursday's series finale off Chicago, 7-1,

The Cincinnati Reds avoided the sweep on Thursday and beat the Chicago White Sox 7-1. They used home runs from their young core. Elly De La Cruz, Matt McLain, and Will Benson all homered to fuel the Cincinnati offense.

Elly De La Cruz, Will Benson and Matt McLain homered, Nick Martinez pitched seven shutout innings and the Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-1 win over the Chicago White Sox.