Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays

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Chicago White Sox

36-65, 15-36 Away

Final
8 - 3

Tampa Bay Rays

52-49, 30-27 Home

Baldwin hits 3-run HR, Vargas adds 2-run shot as White Sox beat Rays 8-3 for fourth straight win

Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Game Highlights

Coming off a sweep at Pittsburgh, Chicago has won four consecutive games for the first time since May 8-11, 2024. The White Sox are 15-36 on the road.

Baldwin gave the White Sox a 3-0 lead in the second and Vargas made it 8-2 with a two-run homer in the fifth. It was Vargas' second homer in two games after a 96 at-bat drought.

Luis Robert Jr. had a two-run single and Chase Meidroth had three hits.

White Sox starter Sean Burke left after 89 pitches and giving up a leadoff walk in the fifth. Tyler Gilbert (4-1), the second of six White Sox pitchers, got the win.

Shane Baz (8-6) allowed eight runs and eight hits with two walks in four innings for the Rays.

Taylor Walls' two-run double and Yandi Díaz's solo homer accounted for the Rays' runs.

Tampa Bay All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe, who left Saturday’s game after a flare-up of plantar fasciitis, missed his second straight start. He returned from the injured list on July 18 (oblique tightness). Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim left the game in the fourth with lower back tightness.

Key moment Kyle Teel and Colson Montgomery singled before Baldwin hit his fifth homer of the season to right-center field with two outs to start the Chicago offense.

Key stat Chicago has scored 35 runs through four games to begin the second half of the season.

Up next Chicago hasn't named a starter for Tuesday's game. RHP Drew Rasmussen (7-5, 2.86) will pitch for the Rays.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Díaz grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Simpson popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Walls lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Altavilla relieved Leasure
	9th Inning	M. Taylor in right field.
	9th Inning	Vargas struck out swinging.

Statistics

CHW		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
12	Strikeouts	9
8	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	23
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	162
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
21	Total Bases	9
40	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	2
6.8	Runs Created	2.8
.297	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.568	Slugging Percentage	.290
.351	Secondary Average	.387
.350	On Base Percentage	.316
.918	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.606
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
6.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
57.0	Batter Rating	23.0
18.5	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.08	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.26
.270	Isolated Power	.129
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.78
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.184
.054	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.226
16.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
98.3	MLB Rating	72.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0