CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl hit a three-run homer and a run-scoring triple, helping the Cincinnati Reds top the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Saturday.

Friedl’s third homer — a drive to right-center against Mike Clevinger in the fifth inning — lifted Cincinnati to a 4-3 lead. He drove in Jonathan India with a two-out triple in the seventh.

India went 3 for 3 and scored three times. Derek Law (2-4) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Nick Lodolo, and Alexis Díaz got three outs for his sixth save.

Hanser Alberto and Seby Zavala homered for Chicago. Clevinger (2-3) was charged with four runs and six hits in six innings.

The White Sox, who came in hitting .180 with runners in scoring position over the past 13 games, went 1 for 8 in those situations on Saturday.

Reds third baseman Nick Senzel stranded a pair of runners in the first when he retired Benintendi with a diving stop. The White Sox left the bases loaded in the third.

Alberto tied it at 1 with his second homer in the second. Benintendi doubled home Luis Robert Jr. in the third, and Zavala’s leadoff drive in the fourth made it 3-1 White Sox.

Lodolo allowed three runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He hit three batters, struck out three and walked one.

Friedl’s homer was the sixth allowed by Clevinger in the pitcher’s last four starts.

OUCH

It was the fourth time that Lodolo hit three or more batters. Only six pitchers since 1901 have had more such games in their career. This was Lodolo’s 26th career game.

TRAINERS ROOM:

White Sox: DH Eloy Jiménez was hospitalized early Saturday with abdominal pain. … 3B Yoán Moncada (back) played five innings at third base for Triple-A Charlotte and went 1 for 2 with an RBI and a walk. Moncada will play more innings on Sunday then be re-evaluated after Monday’s off day.

Reds: OF Jake Fraley was scratched with lower back stiffness. Henry Ramos started in left in his place. … OF Wil Myers was reinstated from the IL after recovering from COVID-19.

UP NEXT

Reds RHP Graham Ashcraft (2-0, 2.00 ERA) will oppose White Sox RHP Michael Kopech (0-3, 5.97 ERA) in the series finale.

Chicago						Cincinnati
	ab	r	h	bi			ab	r	h	bi
Anderson ss	5	0	1	0		India 2b	3	3	3	0
Vaughn 1b	5	0	0	0		Friedl cf	4	1	2	4
Robert Jr. cf	2	1	2	0		Steer 1b	4	0	1	1
Grandal dh	3	0	1	0		Stephenson dh	3	0	0	0
Benintendi lf	4	0	1	1		Newman pr-dh	0	0	0	0
Alberto 3b	3	1	1	1		Ramos lf	3	0	0	0
Andrus 2b	4	0	0	0		Fairchild lf	0	0	0	0
Zavala c	4	1	1	1		Senzel 3b	4	0	0	0
Haseley rf	3	0	1	0		Myers rf	4	0	0	0
						Barrero ss	3	0	1	0
						Casali c	3	1	1	0
Totals	33	3	8	3		Totals	31	5	8	5

Chicago	011	100	000	—	3
Cincinnati	100	030	10x	—	5

DP–Chicago 1, Cincinnati 2. LOB–Chicago 8, Cincinnati 5. 2B–Benintendi (6), Haseley (2), Robert Jr. (8), Barrero (5), India (9). 3B–Friedl (2). HR–Alberto (2), Zavala (2), Friedl (3). SB–India 2 (7).

	IP		H	R	ER	BB	SO

Chicago
Clevinger L,2-3	6		6	4	4	1	7
Santos	1		2	1	1	0	1
Colomé	1		0	0	0	2	0

Cincinnati
Lodolo	3	2-3	6	3	3	1	3
Law W,2-4	2	1-3	0	0	0	1	1
Gibaut H,4	2		1	0	0	0	2
Díaz S,6-6	1		1	0	0	0	0

HBP–Lodolo 3 (Robert Jr.,Alberto,Robert Jr.).

Umpires–Home, Alex Tosi; First, Tony Randazzo; Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, Brian Knight.

T–2:34. A–25,543 (43,891).