San Diego 3, at Chi. White Sox 4

CHICAGO (Interstat) — Miguel Vargas hit a two-run homer, Davis Martin pitched six effective innings and the Chicago White Sox snapped a six-game losing streak by holding off the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Friday night. In a matchup of teams at opposite ends of the standings, the last-place White Sox (58-96) used a two-run fourth inning to break a tie and secure a narrow victory over the playoff-contending Padres (83-71) before a crowd of 30,505 at Guaranteed Rate Field. The game took 2 hours, 11 minutes. Vargas provided the early offense for Chicago, launching his 15th home run of… Read more...