Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

72-72, 34-36 Away

Final
5 - 4

Chicago White Sox

55-90, 30-43 Home

Tristan Gray hits a tiebreaking homer to send the Rays past the White Sox 5-4

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Chicago White Sox: Game Highlights

Gray hit a tiebreaking solo drive off Tyler Alexander (5-14) in the seventh inning. It was Gray's third homer in 17 games since he was acquired in a July 26 trade with the White Sox for cash.

Kevin Kelly (2-3) got one out for the win, and Pete Fairbanks handled the ninth for his 25th save in 30 opportunities.

Tampa Bay returned to .500 with its 11th win in 16 games. It had dropped three in a row since a seven-game win streak.

Kyle Teel homered for the last-place White Sox, who had won seven of eight.

Tampa Bay right-hander Adrian Houser struck out nine while pitching 5 1/3 innings of three-run ball against his former team. He came over in a July 31 trade with Chicago.

Curtis Mead, who was acquired by the White Sox in the Houser deal, went 0 for 4.

Tampa Bay led 4-1 after four innings. Lowe hit a two-run drive in the second for his 11th homer, and Palacios connected for a solo shot against Yoendrys Gómez in the fourth.

Chase Meidroth responded with a two-out RBI single in the fifth, and Chicago added two more runs after manager Will Venable was thrown out by umpire Vic Carapazza for arguing balls and strikes in the sixth.

Lenyn Sosa singled and scored on Colson Montgomery's double, and Andrew Benintendi tied it at 4 with a two-out RBI single off Mason Montgomery.

Key moment Meidroth lined to second for the final out of the game, stranding a runner on first.

Key stat Tampa Bay center fielder Jake Mangum went 1 for 4 with a ninth-inning single. The rookie is batting .371 (26 for 70) in his last 18 games.

Up next Tampa Bay right-hander Ryan Pepiot (11-10, 3.59 ERA) makes his 30th start on Wednesday night, extending his career high. Chicago did not announce its starter before the game.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Meidroth lined out to second.
	9th Inning	Baldwin safe at first on fielding error by first baseman Gray.
	9th Inning	Mead flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Benintendi flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Fairbanks relieved Uceta
	9th Inning	Gray struck out swinging.

Statistics

TB		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	13
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	36
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
4	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
148	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	13
35	Plate Appearances	36
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
4.1	Runs Created	2.4
.206	Batting Average	.194
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.361
.324	Secondary Average	.167
.229	On Base Percentage	.194
.729	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.556
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
38.0	Batter Rating	30.5
11.3	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.23	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.75
.294	Isolated Power	.167
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.028
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
83.8	MLB Rating	76.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0