Baldwin hits 3-run HR, Vargas adds 2-run shot as White Sox beat Rays 8-3
for fourth straight win
[July 22, 2025]
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Brooks Baldwin hit a three-run homer, Miguel Vargas
added a two-run shot and the Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays
8-3 on Monday night for their season-high fourth straight win.
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
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Chicago White Sox catcher Kyle Teel (8) runs to third base on a single
by teammate Colson Montgomery during the second inning of a baseball
game against the Tampa Bay Rays Monday, July 21, 2025, in Tampa, Fla.
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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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