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Crosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale

Chicago Sun-Times and WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Crosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale.
The headline split The left frames it as "White Sox hold Cubs to two hits, avoid sweep with shutout win in Crosstown series finale". The center frames it as "Crosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale".
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Left / center-leftWhite Sox hold Cubs to two hits, avoid sweep with shutout win in Crosstown series finale

Chicago Sun-Times · Center-left · News report

CenterCrosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale

WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) · Center · News report

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Chicago Sun-TimesNews report · Aug 19, 8:49 PM

White Sox hold Cubs to two hits, avoid sweep with shutout win in Crosstown series finale

No bats? No brooms. The Cubs learned that the hard way Wednesday, with White Sox pitching silencing the second highest scoring offense in baseball in a 3-0 win that prevented a Crosstown sw...

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WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago)News report · Aug 19, 9:47 PM

Crosstown Classic: Urquidy, Braden Montgomery help White Sox salvage series finale

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago White Sox salvaged Game 3 in the latest iteration of the Crosstown Classic behind José Urquidy's best pitching performance in years and timely hitting from the l...

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Aug 19, 8:49 PM: Chicago Sun-Times joined the source map.

Aug 19, 9:47 PM: WGN-TV (Nexstar, Chicago) joined the source map.

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