Davis Martin pitches White Sox past AL champion Blue Jays 3-0 for 3-game
sweep
[April 06, 2026]
By MATT CARLSON
CHICAGO (AP) — Davis Martin tossed six innings of
four-hit ball to lead the Chicago White Sox past Toronto 3-0 on Sunday
for their first three-game sweep of the Blue Jays in 10 years.
Miguel Vargas had an RBI triple, and Lenyn Sosa and Austin Hays each
drove in a run as the White Sox opened 3-0 at home for the first time
since 2004. Luisangel Acuña got two hits for Chicago (4-5), which last
swept the Blue Jays in April 2016 at Toronto. |
Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami (5) celebrates with teammate
Colson Montgomery, center right, after defeating the Toronto Blue Jays
in a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Paul
Beaty) |
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Martin (2-0) struck out six and walked two in his second
consecutive sharp start. Chris Murphy, Chicago's third reliever,
worked around a walk in the ninth for his first save this season
and the second of his career.
Ernie Clement had two of Toronto's six hits as the AL champion
Blue Jays (4-5) dropped their fourth straight game and were shut
out for the first time this season.
Eric Lauer (1-1) pitched the first two innings for Toronto,
yielding two runs and three hits while walking three. Three
relievers followed.
Tanner Murray made his major league debut at shortstop for the
White Sox after getting called up from Triple-A. Murray ranged
to his left to snare Addison Barger’s grounder up the middle
with the bases loaded in the third, then threw out Barger at
first to end the threat.
Toronto catcher Brandon Valenzuela singled in the first at-bat
of his big league debut. He was called up Saturday from Triple-A
Buffalo after Alejandro Kirk got injured.
The White Sox took a 1-0 lead in the first. Chase Meidroth
scored when Vargas’ sinking liner skipped past center fielder
Daulton Varsho for a triple.
Sosa’s run-scoring double in the third made it 2-0. Hays singled
home run in the fourth.
Up next
Blue Jays: RHP Max Scherzer (1-0, 1.50 ERA) faces Dodgers LHP
Justin Wrobleski (0-0, 6.75) on Monday in Toronto.
White Sox: RHP Erick Fedde (0-1, 5.40) starts Monday at home
against Baltimore.
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