White Sox outlast the Yankees 6-5 in the 12th on Quero's RBI single

CHICAGO (AP) — Edgar Quero had an RBI single in the 12th inning to give the Chicago White Sox a 6-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.

The White Sox stayed 1 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland in the AL Central.

Jordan Hicks (1-1) left the bases loaded in the top of the 12th to set the stage for Quero, who drove in Tristan Peters to give Chicago a win after dropping the first two of the four-game series.

Chicago trailed 4-1 in the eighth before Sam Antonacci and Munetaka Murakami hit consecutive homers off Paul Blackburn to tie it.

Spencer Jones hit an early three-run homer and Cam Schlittler was strong into the seventh inning for New York. Ryan Yarbrough (2-1) took the loss as the Yankees dropped 2 1/2 games behind AL East leader Tampa Bay.

Anthony Volpe’s pinch-hit sacrifice fly put New York ahead in the 11th inning, and Chicago countered when Murakami came home on catcher Ali Sanchez’s errant pickoff throw.

Schlittler kept the White Sox scoreless until Andrew Benintendi’s seventh-inning RBI double. The lanky right-hander retired the first 11 he faced and allowed two hits and a walk while striking out eight in 6 1/3 innings.

The Yankees started the night with a four-run first inning. Paul Goldschmidt singled in Ben Rice, and Jones sent his third home run of the season into the left-centerfield bleachers.

Chicago’s Davis Martin gave up four runs, five hits and a pair of walks while striking out six in the first six innings.

Murakami drew Schlittler’s only walk in the seventh to reach safely for the 15th straight game.

New York LHP Ryan Weathers (4-7, 4.25 ERA) was set to face RHP Sean Burke (7-5, 3.19) on Thursday in the series finale.

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Chicago White Sox pitcher Jordan Hicks (44) reacts during the 12th inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Chicago, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

Chicago White Sox's Sam Antonacci (17) drops his bat after hitting a home run as New York Yankees catcher Austin Wells watches during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami reacts while running towards home plate after hitting a home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Chicago, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami (5) celebrates with Miguel Vargas after hitting a home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Chicago, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

Chicago White Sox's Edgar Quero hits a walk off RBI single during the 12th inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees in Chicago, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

New York Yankees shortstop José Caballero throws to first base during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

Chicago White Sox pitcher Davis Martin throws to a New York Yankees batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

New York Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler looks on during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

Chicago White Sox's Miguel Vargas (20) gestures after hitting a single as New York Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt, left, and Chicago White Sox first base Jose Leger, right, look on during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)

LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) — Higher humidity, cooler temperatures and a forecast for rain raised hopes of relief Thursday for a parched portion of southwestern France engulfed by wildfires that have charred an area four times the size of Paris in recent weeks.

With moisture moving in from the Atlantic coast, national weather service Meteo France forecast light rain in the town of Lege-Cap Ferret, on a peninsula that's been a leading edge of the devastated region.

Local officials reported a “rather calm" night, with a fire that has not grown beyond the 42,000 hectares (about 162 sq. miles) already affected. Fire crews remained at “total mobilization” with 2,200 firefighters and over 20 aircraft.

Rain fell early Thursday in the city of Bordeaux to the east. But there were no early signs of enough rainfall in the hardest-hit areas that could douse the flames or dampen the sandy ground and brushy undergrowth of pine forests that have fueled the inferno.

Sophie Brocas, the prefect for the Gironde region, expressed some optimism that lower temperatures could help.

“If that's confirmed, we could foresee a return to a more normal life for residents, but also for businesses that need to work,” she told reporters late Wednesday.

Humidity reached 80% overnight but was expected to drop by midday, authorities said. Some rainfall was expected along the coast that “could reach the fire zone,” Gironde officials said in a morning note.

Temperatures that peaked around 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) a day earlier were set to drop Thursday, topping out at 27 C (80 F) along the coast. An “orange” heat wave alert — the second-highest level after “red” — was lifted shortly before dawn.

The fires in the Bordeaux wine-growing, forested and tourism-heavy region are among the blazes that have swept across pockets of southern Europe in recent weeks, including Spain and Greece.

On Wednesday, authorities said three firefighters had died on the Greek island on Crete, as the wildfire emergency stretched from the Atlantic coast to the eastern Mediterranean.

At the peak of the evacuations, a third of a million people were driven from homes and vacation sites in France and Spain.

Flames burn an olive tree during a wildfire in the Rethymno region on the southern Greek island of Crete, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, where two firefighters died while battling the blaze. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)

Embers smolder inside an olive tree during a wildfire in the Rethymno region on the southern Greek island of Crete, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, where two firefighters died while battling the blaze. (AP Photo/Giannis Angelakis)

A fire burns in the forest near Blagon, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

A firefighter lays on the ground after working to extinguish a fire in the forest near Blagon, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

A smoke cloud rises as firefighters work to extinguish a fire in the forest near Blagon, during wildfires in southwestern France, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)