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The surging Rays have won four successive
series to open a season for the first time in franchise history
and boast victories in 10 of 13 games overall.
Austin Meadows had three hits and three RBIs and Avisail Garcia
added three hits and two RBIs for the Rays in his return to
Chicago. Garcia, a member of the White Sox from 2013-18, went
8-for-15 with a home run and four RBIs in the series.
Tampa Bay pitching shined again in Wednesday's finale. Glasnow
(3-0) was the winner, scattering two hits and one walk over six
scoreless innings while striking out a career-high 11. Glasnow
retired the final 11 batters he faced and threw 54 of his 85
pitches for strikes while lowering his ERA to 0.53.
Beeks, a left-hander, spelled the right-handed Glasnow with
three innings of one-run, four-hit, three-strikeout relief to
earn the save.
The White Sox collected three of their hits in the ninth inning.
Yolmer Sanchez, Yoan Moncada and Eloy Jimenez doubled for
Chicago, which scored its lone run in the ninth on Yonder
Alonso's RBI groundout. The White Sox struck out 39 times in the
series.
Tampa Bay took control early with three first-inning runs.
Meadows opened the game with a single before Pham homered to
center field. Garcia punctuated the rally with an RBI single
three batters later.
White Sox right-hander Reynaldo Lopez escaped further damage in
the frame by getting a strikeout and pop-out with two runners
aboard to end the inning, but struggled overall in falling to
0-2.
Lopez gave up eight runs on 10 hits in 4 1/3 innings, walking
four and striking out five. In addition to Pham's two home runs,
he surrendered a solo shot to Meadows in the fourth.
The game began with a 1 hour, 39 minute rain delay.
--Field Level Media
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