Chicago White Sox at Pittsburgh Pirates

· Major League Baseball

Chicago White Sox

35-65, 14-36 Away

Final
7 - 2

Pittsburgh Pirates

39-61, 26-24 Home

Vargas and Tauchman lead White Sox over Pirates 7-2 for 1st series sweep of season

Vargas hit a three-run shot to open the scoring against Andrew Heaney, his 11th homer of the year but first since June 15. Tauchman followed by launching a drive that carried over the right-field stands and bounced into the Allegheny River.

The White Sox became the last major league team to sweep a series this season as they sent the Pirates to their 11th loss in 12 games.

Tauchman hit a two-run double in the fifth to chase Heaney and extend the lead to 7-1.

Aaron Civale (2-6) got his first win in seven starts since being acquired from Milwaukee in a June 13 trade. He gave up one unearned run and three hits in six innings with six strikeouts.

Vargas, Tauchman, Chase Meidroth and Michael A. Taylor each had two hits for the White Sox.

Heaney (4-9) was tagged for seven runs and nine hits in four innings. The left-hander has lost six of seven decisions since May 26.

Key moment Vargas’ home run to center field put the White Sox on the path to a three-game sweep.

Key stat Andrew McCutchen’s ninth-inning double for Pittsburgh was his 2,232nd hit, tying Pirates great Willie Stargell for 180th on the MLB career list.

Up next The White Sox open a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night in Tampa, with Sean Burke (4-8, 4.36 ERA) pitching for Chicago against fellow right-hander Shane Baz (8-5, 4.17).

National League All-Star Game starter Paul Skenes (4-8, 2.01 ERA) goes for the Pirates on Monday night to begin a three-game series with visiting Detroit and Jack Flaherty (5-9, 4.65).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cruz struck out looking.
	9th Inning	N. Gonzales grounded out to third, McCutchen scored.
	9th Inning	Reynolds grounded out to shortstop, McCutchen to third.
	9th Inning	McCutchen doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Vasil relieved Altavilla
	9th Inning	Vargas lined out to center.

Statistics

CHW		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
8	Strikeouts	11
7	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	4
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
37	At Bats	29
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
20	Total Bases	6
40	Plate Appearances	32
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	2
6.7	Runs Created	0.4
.270	Batting Average	.138
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.541	Slugging Percentage	.207
.351	Secondary Average	.138
.325	On Base Percentage	.188
.866	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.394
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
6.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.4
53.0	Batter Rating	16.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.63	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.47
.270	Isolated Power	.069
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.18
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.063
.081	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
14.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
95.3	MLB Rating	64.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0