Luis Gil sets Yankees rookie record with 14 strikeouts

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NEW YORK -- Luis Gil struck out 14 to set a franchise record for a rookie while Juan Soto had his first multihomer game of the season in the Yankees' 6-1 drubbing of the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.

Giancarlo Stanton and Jose Trevino also went deep for New York, which has won 12 of 14 and improved to an AL-best 32-15. Soto was 4-for-4 with a walk and is batting .317 with 11 homers and 37 RBIs.

New York is 12-2-1 in series, matching 2002 as the only times since 1950 the Yankees have won 12 of their first 15 series.

Soto tied the score in the first with a 417-foot drive deep into the right-field bleachers, had an RBI single in the second and hit another solo shot in the fifth with a 437-footer that went even deeper into the right-field bleachers. It was the 18th multihomer game for Soto, who combined with Stanton and Aaron Judge to make New York the first team this year with a trio of double-digit home run hitters.

"It was a fun day," said Soto, who has rebounded after a 3-for-25 slide on a six-game road trip.

Gil (5-1) won his fourth straight start and fifth consecutive decision, allowing 1 run, 5 hits and 1 walk in six innings. The right-hander has given up just two runs over 24⅓ innings in his past four starts.

"I have a great professor in Gerrit Cole," Gil said through a translator of his Cy Young Award-winning teammate. "He's always around and always giving me pointers."

Gil, 25, topped the previous Yankees rookie record of 13 strikeouts, which was set on Aug. 13, 1998, by Orlando Hernandez -- who threw out Saturday's ceremonial first pitch.

"I was very happy to meet him after the game," Gil said. "For him to be here and connect after the game -- great."

After struggling through a 29-pitch first inning that included 13 changeups, Gil struck out seven in a row starting in the fourth in a streak ended by Eloy Jimenez's single.

Brad Keller (0-2) allowed a career-high four homers. Making his second start this season, he gave up six runs, five earned -- and seven hits in four-plus innings. Chicago batters struck out 16 times as the White Sox dropped to a major league-worst 4-18 on the road and 14-32 overall.

Andrew Benintendi's opposite-field RBI double to left put Chicago ahead in the first, but Gil stranded the bases loaded when Korey Lee took a fastball for a called third strike.

Soto tied the score, Judge reached on an infield hit when third baseman Danny Mendick double-clutched before his throw, and Stanton hit an opposite-field RBI double off the right-center wall for a 2-1 lead.

Stanton homered to right-center in the fourth, his 11th of the season and fifth in nine games.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.