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Tristan Peters’ banana-bat walk-off homer off Kodai Senga gave the White Sox a 2-1 win over the Mets, marking Chicago’s 11th walk-off victory and Peters’ third of the year; Benintendi delivered the tying run in the eighth, while Newcomb, Fedde and Smith combined for eight scoreless innings in relief after an early Mets run, and Antonacci had the Sox’s lone hit before the late rally.
Down 4-0, the White Sox staged a dramatic rally as Miguel Vargas, Randal Grichuk, and Colson Montgomery hit three straight homers to tie the game at 4. Jake Rogers then slugged a two-out, walk-off homer off Jefry Yan in the ninth to lift Chicago to a 6-4 win over the Mets.
José Urquidy delivered six scoreless innings in relief after Sean Newcomb, guiding the White Sox to a 3-0 win over the Cubs at Wrigley to avoid the sweep; Miguel Vargas opened the scoring with a sixth-inning double, Braden Montgomery delivered a two-run hit in the eighth, and Grant Taylor closed out the shutout.
Pete Crow-Armstrong belts a walk-off two-run homer in the 10th, capping a 4-for-5 night to lift the Cubs past the White Sox 7-5 after a back-and-forth, 10-inning affair in which Chicago out-hit their rival 14-4 but had to stave off late Sox pressure.
Trailing 4-1 in Detroit, the White Sox rallied with five unanswered innings a la Romo’s fifth-inning two-run homer and Grichuk-Montgomery's sixth-inning go-ahead rally to tie the game at 4. Munetaka Murakami then delivered a seventh-inning two-run blast and Miguel Vargas added an insurance run in the ninth as Chicago held on for a 7-5 win, completing a three-game sweep at Comerica Park—their first in Detroit since 2022 and with their AL Central lead extending to 5.5 games (magic number down to 34).
The White Sox outlasting Detroit 4-3 featured a early-two-out rally with Braden Montgomery and Colson Montgomery driving in runs, then Andrew Benintendi delivered a left-on-left go-ahead single in the seventh. Jordan Hicks earned the win and Bryan Hudson closed it out for the save as Chicago leaned on its bullpen to hold the lead after Anthony Kay worked 5⅓ innings. They take the series from Detroit and head into the next game with Sean Burke lined up.
Luis Castillo leaned on a changeup-heavy plan to score seven shutout innings with 10 strikeouts in a 5-0 White Sox win over Cincinnati. The offense finally broke through with Romo homering for the first run, Montgomery starting a third-inning rally, and Meidroth delivering a two-run shot to make it 3-0 before the bullpen closed it out as Chicago extended its division lead to 3.5 games.
Montgomery delivered a go-ahead three-run homer in the bottom of the third as the White Sox rallied for a four-run inning, then six Sox relievers held the Guardians to one run over eight innings after a 143-minute rain delay, as Chicago won 5-3. Hagen Smith contributed two scoreless frames in his MLB debut in a bullpen-day outing, while Cleveland’s pitchers combined for nine walks and Chicago drew a season-high nine walks in the game.
The Guardians jumped in front on Munetaka Murakami’s solo shot, but the White Sox erased the deficit with a five-run sixth, sparked when Colin Holderman loaded the bases and Chase Meidroth lined a two-run bloop single to cap the rally. Chicago then withstood a late Guardians threat, helped by Sean Newcomb in relief, and Colson Montgomery added an insurance run in the eighth as the Sox pulled away to win 6-3 and stop a five-game slide.
The White Sox topped the Rays 6-1 in St. Petersburg behind a four-homer outburst from Miguel Vargas, Andrew Benintendi, Munetaka Murakami, and Colson Montgomery, as Nick Martinez was stifled by patience and power. Erick Fedde worked five innings of one-run ball, and Tyler Schweitzer followed with three scoreless frames to back a bullpen that kept the Rays at bay. Montgomery also delivered defensively late, and the win pushed Chicago’s record to 58-51; the club highlighted Kumamoto earthquake relief efforts, with Murakami planning to donate gear for auction.
Edgar Quero blooped a walk-off single in the 12th to lift the White Sox past the Yankees 6-5 in a chaotic, back-and-forth game that featured a four-run first for Davis Martin, a late rally by Chicago, and a tying 11th-inning miscue before Quero’s game-winner.
Murakami powered a 12-3 White Sox win over Houston with two homers and six RBIs on bobblehead day, as Chicago belted five homers in the game and stretched its AL Central lead to 2.5 games. After back-to-back shots by Junior Pérez and Murakami kicked off a decisive burst, Miguel Vargas delivered the go-ahead blow in the sixth, and the bullpen provided 4⅔ scoreless innings behind Erick Fedde’s 4⅓-inning start, with Sean Newcomb earning the win.
White Sox built a 5-0 lead behind Davis Martin, but Houston exploded in the sixth, scoring eight runs including a bases-loaded double by Christian Walker and a sequence that led to an eventual 9-5 defeat as Chicago went 2-for-16 with runners in scoring position.
Texas pounded Noah Schultz for 11 hits in 3⅔ innings to roll past the White Sox 10-0, while the Sox managed only 3 hits and went 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position. Kumar Rocker fired six one-hit innings for Texas, Marco Gonzales closed with a three-inning save, and Luisangel Acuña pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning in his second appearance of the year.
The White Sox turned a 2-2 game into a 10-3 rout of the Rangers with a five-run fifth highlighted by Andrew Benintendi’s bases-clearing double after Colson Montgomery’s failed productive out; Kyle Teel left the game with a left ankle injury, casting a shadow over the win, while six Chicago pitchers combined to limit Texas and the offense added late insurance as Vargas drove in two and other late hits padded the final margin.