Baldwin Hits 3-run Hr, Vargas Adds 2-run Shot As White Sox Beat Rays 8-3 For Fourth Straight Win
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's 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's 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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