Toglia hits a sacrifice fly in the 14th inning as the Rockies top the White Sox 5-4

CHICAGO (AP) — Ryan McMahon scored on Michael Toglia's sacrifice fly in the 14th inning, and the Colorado Rockies stopped a five-game slide by topping the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Sunday.

McMahon began the 14th on second as the automatic runner. He advanced on Sam Hillard's sacrifice bunt.

Toglia then hit a flyball to center, and McMahon narrowly beat the throw home by center fielder Luis Robert Jr. The call on the field was upheld following a video review.

“That was a long one,” Toglia said. “You got to make sure you stay locked in there.”

Jalen Beeks (5-4) pitched two innings for the win in the Rockies' longest game since September 2019. He retired the White Sox in order in the 14th to finally hand Colorado manager Bud Black a victory on his 67th birthday.

“It's a big confidence builder," Beeks said. “That was a grinder. We pitched well and good defense kept us in it late.”

The Rockies (28-55) got a big lift from Gold Glove center fielder Brenton Doyle, who made a terrific diving catch to rob Tommy Pham of a game-winning hit in the 12th. Doyle also made a leaping grab on Robert's drive to the gap in right-center in the sixth, saving a run.

Chicago right-hander Michael Soroka (0-8) allowed two unearned runs and one hit in four innings in the team's longest game since August 2019.

The White Sox (24-62) had won three in a row. They took two of three in the weekend series between the worst teams in baseball.

“It sucks to end up on the wrong side of a marathon like that,” Chicago manager Pedro Grifol said. “A lot of good things, a lot of opportunities. The pitching was phenomenal.”

White Sox starter Garrett Crochet struck out 11 in seven innings. He was charged with two runs and five hits.

The left-hander leads the majors with 141 strikeouts in 101 1/3 innings. Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow is second with 136.

“I thought Crochet did a really good job of just pitching today,” Grifol said. “He started off with absolute great stuff. His fastball was really good.”

The Rockies jumped in front with two runs in the second. McMahon hit a leadoff single and scored on a Crochet balk. Hunter Goodman added a sacrifice fly.

“I was frustrated with the ball early on with the balk, was able to bounce back from that,” Crochet said.

Andrew Vaughn led off the fourth with his 10th homer for Chicago. He walked with the bases loaded in the seventh, tying it at 2. He also hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th.

Goodman’s second sacrifice fly of the game had lifted Colorado to a 3-2 lead in the top of the 10th.

Colorado’s Elias Díaz had two hits, including a double, in his return after missing three weeks with a strained left calf. The catcher, who served as the designated hitter for his first game back, raised his team-leading batting average to .307.

Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland pitched 6 2/3 innings of two-run ball in his second start after missing 10 weeks with a left elbow strain.

Ezequiel Tovar’s bloop single just past Vaughn’s outstretched glove behind first in the 13th inning drove in automatic runner Brendan Rodgers to put the Rockies ahead 4-3. Robert hit a tying single in the bottom half for Chicago.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rockies: To make room on Díaz on the roster, the Rockies designated INF Elehuris Montero for assignment.

UP NEXT

Rockies: LHP Austin Gomber (1-5, 4.63 ERA) takes the mound against Brewers RHP Bryse Wilson (5-3, 3.89 ERA) in Denver on Monday night.

White Sox: RHP Chris Flexen (2-7, 5.13 ERA) faces RHP Carlos Carrasco (3-6, 5.27 ERA) at Cleveland on Tuesday.

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Colorado Rockies' Ryan McMahon celebrates with teammates after scoring on a balk by Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Garrett Crochet during the second inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Garrett Crochet, right, talks with catcher Martín Maldonado, left, during the second inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Colorado Rockies second baseman Aaron Schunk, right, throws out Chicago White Sox's Paul DeJong at first after forcing out Eloy Jiménez during the second inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Colorado Rockies' Michael Toglia watches his sacrifice fly to Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. during the 14th inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Colorado Rockies' Ryan McMahon (24) scores on a sacrifice fly by Michael Toglia as Chicago White Sox catcher Martín Maldonado, top, applies a late tag during the 14th inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least September after the judge agreed Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.

Trump had been scheduled to face sentencing July 11 on his New York conviction on felony charges of falsifying business records. He denies any wrongdoing.

The postponement sets the sentencing for Sept. 18 at the earliest — if it happens at all, since Trump's lawyers are arguing that the Supreme Court ruling merits not only delaying the sentencing but tossing out his conviction.

The new date is well after this month's Republican National Convention, where Trump is set formally to accept the party’s nomination for president in this year’s race.

September, however, is far closer to Election Day, which could put the issue top-of-mind for voters just as they seriously tune into the race.

There was no immediate comment from Trump's campaign or Manhattan prosecutors, who brought the case.

The delay caps a string of political and legal wins for Trump in recent days, including the Supreme Court's immunity ruling and a debate widely seen as a disaster for Democratic President Joe Biden.

The immunity decision all but closed the door on the possibility that Trump could face trial in his 2020 election interference case in Washington before this November's vote. The timeline in itself is a victory for the former president, who has sought to delay his four criminal cases past the balloting.

An appeals court recently paused a separate election interference case against Trump, in Georgia; no trial date has been set. His federal classified documents case in Florida remains bogged down by pretrial disputes that have resulted in an indefinite cancelation of the trial date.

Monday's Supreme Court ruling granted broad immunity protections to presidents, while also restricting prosecutors from citing any official acts as evidence in trying to prove a president’s unofficial actions violated the law.

Hours after it was issued, Trump’s attorney requested that New York Judge Juan M. Merchan set aside the jury’s guilty verdict and delay the sentencing to consider how the high court’s ruling could affect the hush money case.

Merchan wrote that he'll rule Sept. 6, and the next date in the case would be Sept. 18, “if such is still necessary.”

In their filing Monday, defense attorneys argued that Manhattan prosecutors had placed “highly prejudicial emphasis on official-acts evidence,” including Trump's social media posts and witness testimony about Oval Office meetings.

Prosecutors said before the judge's decision Tuesday that they believed those arguments were “without merit” but that they wouldn't oppose adjourning the sentencing for two weeks as the judge considers the matter.

Trump was convicted May 30 on 34 counts of falsifying business records arising from what prosecutors said was an attempt to cover up a $130,000 hush money payment to porn actor Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 presidential election.

Daniels claims she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006 after meeting him at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe. Trump has repeatedly denied that claim, saying at his June 27 debate with Biden: “I didn’t have sex with a porn star.”

Prosecutors said the Daniels payment was part of a broader scheme to buy the silence of people who might have gone public during the campaign with embarrassing stories alleging Trump had extramarital sex. Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen paid Daniels and was later reimbursed by Trump, whose company logged the reimbursements as legal expenses.

Falsifying business records is punishable by up to four years behind bars. Other potential sentences include probation, a fine or a conditional discharge which would require Trump to stay out of trouble to avoid additional punishment. Trump is the first ex-president convicted of a crime.

Associated Press writer Michael R. Sisak contributed from Fort Pierce, Florida.

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at 180 Church, June 15, 2024, in Detroit. Former President Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

FILE - In this artist depiction Judge Juan Merchan presides over former President Donald Trump's trial in Manhattan criminal court, April 23, 2024, in New York. Former President Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until Sept. 18. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump enters at a campaign event, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wis. Former President Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)

FILE - Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks to the media after a jury found former President Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, May 30, 2024, in New York. Bragg won't oppose delaying former President Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case after the Supreme Court immunity ruling. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Chesapeake, Va., Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)