The Chicago White Sox selected a player with a familiar name with the No. 34 choice in Saturday’s Major League Draft when they chose infielder Landon Thome from Nazareth Academy outside Chicago.

Landon Thome is the son of Hall of Famer Jim Thome, who works for the White Sox as a special assistant to general manager Chris Getz. The younger Thome was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for Illinois.

According to the White Sox, Landon Thome batted .535 with seven homers, 29 RBIs, 57 runs and was successful on 49 of 50 steal attempts as a high school senior.

The elder Thome also helped coach Nazareth Academy, which is located roughly 15 miles to the west in the suburb of La Grange Park, Ill.

The Pirates traded infielder Jacob Gonzalez and right-hander Brandon Eisert to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday to obtain the 34th pick.

Landon Thome was a shortstop in high school but has the ability to also play second or third base. That versatility is key because the White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the No. 1 overall pick of Saturday’s draft.

Jim Thome 55, ranks eighth in baseball history with 612 homers over 22 seasons and the five-time All-Star spent 13 of the campaigns with Cleveland. However, he spent 3 1/2 seasons (2006-09) with the White Sox and hit at least 34 homers in all three of the full seasons.

He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.

–Field Level Media

Casey Schmitt’s three-run homer in the sixth broke a tie and the host San Francisco Giants defeated the Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Saturday afternoon.

Luis Arraez was 2-for-4 with a run scored for the Giants, who have won two of the first three games in the four-game series.

Kyle Karros homered and Mickey Moniak was 2-for-4 for the Rockies, who have lost three of their last four.

San Francisco starter Tyler Mahle (2-8) allowed a run on five hits in seven innings with three walks and four strikeouts.

J.T. Brubaker pitched the final two innings for his first career save.

Colorado starter Kyle Freeland (2-8) surrendered four runs and six hits in six innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out nine.

Karros’ two-out solo home run in the eighth brought the Rockies to within 4-2. He hit Brubaker’s first-pitch sinker an estimated 435 feet to left for Karros’ ninth.

Schmitt’s three-run homer in the sixth gave the Giants a 4-1 lead. After singles by the first two batters, Heliot Ramos and Arraez, Schmitt launched Freeland’s 1-1 hanging knuckle curve an estimated 415 feet into the left-field stands. It was Schmitt’s 19th home run.

Jesus Rodriguez’s two-out RBI double in the fifth tied the game 1-1 for San Francisco. It scored Bryce Eldridge, who had doubled with one out.

The Rockies took a 1-0 lead in the first on Mahle’s balk, which allowed Brent Sullivan to score. Sullivan had led off with a double and moved to third on a groundout.

Giants’ manager Tony Vitello was ejected by home plate umpire Lance Barksdale minutes later after Moniak was placed back at the plate after it appeared he had struck out.

San Francisco took right-hander Jackson Flora from UC Santa Barbara wit the fourth pick of the MLB Draft.

Colorado selected switch-hitting shortstop Tyler Bell from Kentucky with the 10th selection.

–Field Level Media

Ryan McMahon, Trent Grisham and Paul Goldschmidt hit eighth inning homers and the New York Yankees rallied late for the second straight game, beating the Nationals 4-2 Saturday in Washington.

After staging a three-run ninth-inning rally in a 5-3 win Friday night, the Yankees struck an inning earlier on Saturday.

With New York trailing 2-0, McMahon homered off Orlando Ribalta with one out. After Ben Rice walked, Clayton Beeter (3-2) came in to face Grisham, who hit a two-run shot to give the Yankees the lead. Goldschmidt followed with his 15th homer of the season, a shot into the Yankee bullpen in left-center.

Brent Headrick (5-1) got the win and David Bednar pitched the ninth for his 18th save as New York won its third straight.

James Wood had three hits including a homer, and Curtis Mead had a homer and a single for Washington, which suffered its 27th blown save of the season.

Yankee ace Cam Schlittler allowed the two runs on four hits over 6 2/3 innings. He struck out six and tied his season high with four walks.

After Washington opener PJ Poulin worked 1 1/2 innings, Miles Mikolas tossed four scoreless frames.

The first two Yankees reached base to start the game, but Poulin struck out Grisham and Goldschmidt, and got Cody Bellinger to ground out.

Wood gave the Nationals a 1-0 lead when he hit Schlittler’s first-pitch fastball out to right center for his ninth leadoff homer of the season and 27th overall. Two batters later Mead homered to left center to make it 2-0.

A pair of two-out walks loaded the bases for Washington in the fourth, but Schlittler retired Nasim Nunez.

Rice and Grisham singled leading off the New York sixth, but Goldschmidt hit into a double play and Bellinger flied out.

Washington loaded the bases again in the seventh. Wood and Luis Garcia Jr. both reached on infield singles with two outs against Headrick. Mead walked to load the bases, but Headrick got CJ Abrams swinging on a pitch out of the strike zone.

–Field Level Media