Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu (79) reacts after sliding into third base for the triple and hitting for the cycle during the game between the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago White Sox on September 9, 2017 at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)

By Jeremy Kahn

Going into his final at-bat of the game, all Jose Abreu needed for the cycle was the hardest part of it, a triple.

Abreu, who says his legs were not responding; however, he would not give and got the triple to become the first Chicago White Sox player to hit for the cycle in 17 years and the White Sox demolished the San Francisco Giants 13-1.

The last White Sox player to hit for the cycle was Jose Valentin against the Baltimore Orioles on April 27, 2000.

Abreu hit one of six home runs for the White Sox on the evening, as it was the 13th time in team history that the White Sox hit six home runs in the same game.

He hit his 29th home run of the season off of former White Sox pitcher Jeff Samardzija in the bottom of the first inning, added a double in the bottom of the third, after striking out in the bottom of the fifth inning, Abreu, added a single off of reliever Josh Osich in the bottom of the seventh and got the cycle, when he hit a two-run triple off of Roberto Gomez in the eighth inning.

Asides from Abreu, Tim Anderson, Avisail Garcia and Yoan Moncada also added solo home runs, while Nicky Delmonico hit a two-run home run and Yolmer Sanchez hit a three-run home run.

This was the first trip to the South Side of Chicago since the final week of the 2015 season, as he allowed six runs and eight hits in 5.2 innings.

James Shields went a season-high seven innings, as he retired 17 of the 18 batters he faced before Nick Hundley hit a home run in the top of the seventh inning.

NOTES: Madison Bumgarner closes out the series and the road trip, as he takes the mound on Sunday afternoon, while the White Sox will counter with Carson Fulmer.

Ty Blach will head to the bullpen, while Matt Cain will return to the team on Monday when the team begins an eight-game home stand against the Los Angeles Dodgers.