White Sox beat Mariners 6‑1 behind Vargas homers
CHICAGO (Interstat) — Miguel Vargas homered twice and drove in three runs as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Seattle Mariners 6-1 on Saturday night at Guaranteed Rate Field. Colson Montgomery also homered for Chicago, which improved to 18-21 after losing three straight. Anthony Kay (2-1) pitched five innings, allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts. Luis Castillo (0-4) took the loss for Seattle, giving up four earned runs in four innings. The Mariners fell to 19-21. Chicago scored two runs in the first inning on Montgomery’s two-run homer, added two in the third on Vargas’ first homer, then Vargas hit a solo shot in the fifth. Seattle scored its lone run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Rob Refsnyder. The White Sox added a run in the eighth. Seattle had four hits; Chicago had nine. The White Sox made two sacrifice hits. Attendance was 25,438. Time of game was 2:51.