Vargas hits 2-run HR, Martin pitches 6 innings as White Sox beat Padres
4-3 to end 6-game skid
[September 20, 2025]
CHICAGO (AP) — Miguel Vargas hit a two-run homer, Davis Martin pitched
six effective innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Diego
Padres 4-3 on Friday night to end a six-game skid.
Martin (7-10) allowed three runs and six hits with a walk while striking
out four. He left with the White Sox lead after scoring twice in the
fourth to break a 2-all tie. |
Chicago White Sox's Curtis Mead hits an RBI single during the fourth
inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Friday, Sept.
19, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) |
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Rookie Grant Taylor, the last of three Chicago relievers,
pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
Dylan Cease (8-12), who spent his first five seasons with the
White Sox before being traded to San Diego, gave up four runs
and four hits in six innings. He walked three and struck out six
in his first start against his former club.
Vargas connected for his 15th home run in the first, but San
Diego tied it after getting RBI singles from Luis Arreaz in the
third and Ryan O’Hearn in the fourth.
The White Sox came back in the bottom of the fourth with
consecutive run-scoring singles from Curtis Mead and Will
Robertson to take the lead for good.
The Padres, closing in on a second consecutive postseason berth,
have dropped two straight.
Key moment
Mike Tauchman and Edgar Quero each got on after being hit by
Cease in the fourth and both men came home thanks to Mead and
Robertson to give the White Sox all the offense they’d need the
rest of the night.
Key stat
The AL-worst White Sox need to win five of their final eight
games to avoid a club-record third straight 100-loss season.
Up next
Padres RHP Yu Darvish (4-5, 5.63 ERA) faces White Sox RHP
Yoendrys Gomez (3-2, 4.02) on Saturday night.
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