TORONTO (AP) — Sean Burke and two relievers combined on a four-hitter, Colson Montgomery hit his 24th home run and the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Sunday.
Braden Montgomery had two hits and an RBI as the White Sox bounced back from Saturday’s 1-0 loss to take two of three from the Blue Jays. Toronto scored five total runs in the series.
Click to Gallery
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Trey Yesavage (39) throws to a Chicago White Sox batter during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
Players and coaches of the Toronto Blue Jays recognize a moment of silence on the announcement of the passing of former Blue Jays pitcher Duane Ward prior to the start of the game against the Chicago White Sox in MLB baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Trey Yesavage (39) throws to a Chicago White Sox batter during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Sean Burke (59) throws to a Toronto Blue Jays batter during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
Chicago won five of six against Toronto this season, outscoring the Blue Jays 29-12.
Burke (7-4) allowed two hits in 6 2/3 innings, improving to 4-0 with a 1.41 ERA over his past six appearances. He walked one and struck out five.
Bryan Hudson got four outs and Grant Taylor finished for his fifth save in eight chances.
Toronto had two hits through eight innings before Ernie Clement reached on an infield hit to start the ninth. Nathan Lukes followed with a bunt single, and Clement moved to third on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s liner to right. Taylor ended it by getting Kazuma Okamoto to ground into a double play.
Bryan Hudson replaced Burke after Daulton Varsho’s two-out single in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk grounded out on Hudson’s first pitch.
Blue Jays right-hander Trey Yesavage (4-5) allowed three runs and five hits in six innings. He walked two and matched his career high by striking out nine.
Chicago opened the scoring on Andrew Benintendi’s sacrifice fly in the fourth, then added a pair of two-out runs in the sixth.
Colson Montgomery fell behind 0-2 against Yesavage before hitting a 388-foot homer. Benintendi followed with a double and scored on Braden Montgomery’s single.
White Sox: RHP Erick Fedde (5-6, 4.15 ERA) is expected to start at Texas on Monday against Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (7-5, 3.49).
Blue Jays: RHP Dylan Cease (6-4, 2.56 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday against Rays RHP Nick Martinez (8-2, 2.65).
__
AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Trey Yesavage (39) throws to a Chicago White Sox batter during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
Players and coaches of the Toronto Blue Jays recognize a moment of silence on the announcement of the passing of former Blue Jays pitcher Duane Ward prior to the start of the game against the Chicago White Sox in MLB baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Trey Yesavage (39) throws to a Chicago White Sox batter during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Sean Burke (59) throws to a Toronto Blue Jays batter during first inning MLB baseball action in Toronto on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Jon Blacker/The Canadian Press via AP)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Two mosques in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were set on fire overnight in an apparent Israeli settler attack, officials said Sunday, after a spate of deadly violence that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers.
The violence comes as Palestinians and the Israeli opposition accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government of turning a blind eye to attacks by settlers against Palestinians, which is threatening to ignite widespread violence across the territory.
Israeli soldiers and police fanned out across the West Bank after the attack, closing off major roads and blocking access to a hospital where it said two militants were hiding. Israel also arrested more than 70 Palestinians over the weekend as they attempted to contain the escalating violence.
The mosques, in the villages of Qusra and Kour in the northern West Bank, suffered extensive damage in the fires. In Qusra, the attackers spray-painted “revenge Benayahu,” referring to one of the Israeli soldiers killed on Friday, and “the land of Israel is redeemed with blood.” The soldier lived in a nearby settlement.
Ahmed Abu Mahmoud, 64, who lives next door to the Qusra mosque, said he heard noises at 3 a.m. and discovered the mosque had been set on fire. The fire was too large for him to fight on his own, so he called for help. Mahmoud said livestock and a drinking tank had been stolen in the past month, but that Israeli authorities hadn’t helped. “The military arrived here saw with their own eyes and then left,” he said Sunday.
Security footage in Kour obtained by The Associated Press showed three people dressed in civilian clothes setting off a large explosion in the entrance of the mosque in the middle of the night. On Sunday, residents held prayers despite damage to the entrance.
Israel's military said it was working with police to investigate the mosque attack.
“The security forces strongly condemn incidents of this kind, including harm to religious sites, and will continue to act decisively to maintain security and public order in the area,” it said.
The Israeli army often announces investigations into violence against Palestinians, but rarely makes arrests or prosecutes settlers involved in violence.
The military also reported it had sealed the homes of two of Palestinian militants suspected of killing the soldiers in preparation for their demolition. Israel often demolishes the homes of attackers, claiming it deters future attacks.
On Sunday, Netanyahu said troops entered villages across the West Bank to seize weapons and make arrests. “We are also prepared to operate on a broader scale against the terrorist nests,” he said.
Pope Leo XIV appealed for peace in the Middle East at the end of his weekly Sunday prayer. He called on both sides to find a negotiated solution and to “reject new military actions and unilateral decisions, in particular those that violate the respect and status quo of the holy places of every religious faith.”
The exact circumstances of Friday’s deadly incidents remained unclear, but Israeli media reports and interviews with local Palestinian officials said they were sparked after a group of settlers entered the village of Tell and were confronted by residents who were fearful of an attack.
According to the Israeli military, one of the Palestinians took one of the settlers’ weapons and fired on the group, killing Benayahu Mellet, 32, a security guard from a nearby settlement.
The towns and villages surrounding Nablus sit in one of the most violent parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Palestinians and human rights groups have increasingly documented armed Israeli settlers entering villages in the area. Livestock theft, arson and the defacement of mosques are routinely reported.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 87 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank this year, including 21 by Israeli settlers. Three Israelis have been killed in attacks by Palestinian militants in 2026, including the two soldiers on Friday.
More than 700,000 Israeli settlers live in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories captured by Israel in 1967 and sought by the Palestinians for a future independent state. The international community overwhelmingly considers Israeli settlements be illegal and obstacles to peace.
Children stand outside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra, Sunday, July 26, 2026, as on its wall a Hebrew graffiti reads "Revenge Benayahu", referring to an Israeli settler killed during clashes with Palestinians in the village of Tell, last Friday. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israeli soldiers operate in the West Bank Palestinians city of Nablus, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammad)
Israeli soldiers operate in the West Bank Palestinians city of Nablus, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammad)
Children stand outside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra, Sunday, July 26, 2026, as on its wall a Hebrew graffiti reads "Revenge Benayahu", referring to an Israeli settler killed during clashes with Palestinians in the village of Tell, last Friday. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A Palestinian man prays inside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
