Thorpe tosses 2-hit ball over 6 innings, White Sox beat Rockies 5-3

Rookie Drew Thorpe pitched two-hit ball over six innings in winning his second straight start, and the White Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 5-3 Friday night to start a weekend series between teams with the majors' worst records.

Thorpe (2-1) retired 16 in a row after Brenton Doyle led off the game with a single. He walked Sam Hilliard with one out in the sixth before Doyle put Colorado on top 2-1 with a 426-foot drive to left.

Those were the only baserunners Thorpe allowed in his fourth start. The 23-year-old right-hander tossed six scoreless innings at Detroit last week on the way to his first major-league victory.

The White Sox scored four in the sixth and chased Rockies starter Dakota Hudson. Tommy Pham capped it with a two-run single against Justin Lawrence to bump the lead to 5-2.

Tanner Banks gave up a solo homer to Colorado's Michael Toglia in the seventh, and John Brebbia pitched around a walk in the eighth. Michael Kopech worked the ninth for his seventh save in 11 chances, and the White Sox came away with their second straight win in a game delayed more than two hours at the start because of rain.

Chicago improved baseball's worst record to 23-61, while Colorado fell to 27-54.

Hudson (2-11), the major-league leader in losses, gave up five runs and six hits. The right-hander exited with none out in the sixth after Paul DeJong lined an RBI single with the bases loaded to tie it at 2.

Lawrence got Nicky Lopez to fly out before Korey Lee put Chicago on top 3-2 with a chopper toward first. Toglia opted to step on the bag rather than throw home for the force.

The Rockies intentionally walked pinch hitter Gavin Sheets to load the bases before Pham singled in two more runs.