The Chicago White Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-1 on Aug 2, 2026 at Tropicana Field.
Final · Tropicana Field
Top performers
- Miguel Vargas went 1-for-5 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the White Sox.
- Anthony Kay pitched 6.1 innings for the White Sox, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Ben Williamson went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rays.
- Griffin Jax pitched 5.0 innings for the Rays, allowing 1 earned run with 8 strikeouts.
Chicago White Sox box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Vargas | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam Antonacci | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colson Montgomery | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Munetaka Murakami | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Romo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tristan Peters | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chase Meidroth | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Kay | 6.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Grant Taylor | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Rays box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Aranda | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Junior Caminero | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yandy Diaz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cedric Mullins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Vilade | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonny DeLuca | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Williamson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Fortes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chandler Simpson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Palacios | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griffin Jax | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Alexander Cook | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Craig Kimbrel | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Matz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Roycroft | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
Before and after
- White Sox · 2026 season · Previous Aug 1, 2026: CHW 0, TB 1 · Next Aug 4, 2026: CHW 2, BOS 14
- Rays · 2026 season · Previous Aug 1, 2026: CHW 0, TB 1 · Next Aug 3, 2026: TB 13, COL 9