Chicago hit its way through Tropicana Field. Four different White Sox went deep, and Erick Fedde made sure it was enough, holding Tampa Bay to a single run across five innings in a 6-1 win.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Fedde struck out six and scattered four hits without a walk over 5.0 innings, allowing just one earned run. He improved to 6-6 on the season, carrying a 4.13 ERA. The bullpen backed him up in full, with Tyler Schweitzer working three scoreless innings on one hit, and the rest of Chicago's relief corps finishing the game without allowing a run across four total innings.
The White Sox never trailed. Miguel Vargas set the tone in the first inning, homering to left to make it 1-0. Andrew Benintendi followed in the second with a solo shot to right. In the third, Munetaka Murakami drove a two-run homer to left center that scored Sam Antonacci, pushing the lead to 4-0. Colson Montgomery added the final blow in the sixth, homering to right to bring home Murakami and make it 6-1.
Tampa Bay's lone run came in the fourth, when Junior Caminero hit a solo homer to center off Nick Martinez. But Martinez couldn't hold the line elsewhere, allowing 6 runs on 7 hits over 6.0 innings in the loss. Caminero finished 1-for-2 with two walks, and Murakami paced Chicago's offense going 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
The result extended Chicago's winning streak to three games, improving the White Sox to 58-51. Tampa Bay, now 64-45, saw its record dip with the loss, snapping any momentum after their previous outcome.