White Sox pound Rangers 10‑3 behind Vargas, late surge
ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Miguel Vargas went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and scored twice as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 10-3 on Monday night at Globe Life Park.
Chicago improved to 53-46 while Texas fell to 50-50. The White Sox outhit the Rangers 13-7.
The Rangers struck first, scoring a run in the first and another in the second on Evan Carter’s ground-ball single that scored Ezequiel Duran. Chicago answered in the third when Vargas doubled home Sam Antonacci.
The White Sox took control with a four-run fifth. Antonacci singled in a run, and Andrew Benintendi followed with a three-run double. Chicago blew the game open with five runs in the ninth, highlighted by Vargas’ second double, Luisangel Acuña’s two-run single, Randal Grichuk’s triple and Braden Montgomery’s double.
Chris Murphy earned the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out one, improving to 3-0. Jacob deGrom took the loss, dropping to 7-6. Erick Fedde started for Chicago, allowing two earned runs on four hits with six strikeouts over four innings.
Attendance was 28,506. Game time was 3:11.