The White Sox did not get enough done at the plate, and the result was a 2-1 loss that finished off a three-game sweep.
Anthony Kay gave up the two runs that decided it in the fourth inning. It started with a leadoff walk, then Caleb Durbin followed with a 379-foot drive into the left-field seats. Those were the only real blemishes in Kay’s 5 1/3 innings, but they were more than enough with Chicago’s offense stuck in neutral again.
For the third straight game, the White Sox were matched up with a left-handed starter, and this time they faced Patrick Sandoval in his first major league appearance after an injury absence of more than two years. The bats still never really woke up. They avoided another shutout, but only barely.
Their lone run came the hard way, with a little bit of chaos and a lot of small-ball. Luisangel Acuña opened the fifth with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch, then to third on another wild pitch.
He was credited with a stolen base, since he may have been breaking anyway when the pitch got away. Andrew Benintendi then came up as a pinch hitter, checked his swing, and rolled a ball toward third at 42 mph to bring Acuña home.
That was the White Sox’s only hit with a runner in scoring position. In all, they reached second base only four times, and the rest of the night produced six singles and one walk.
The bullpen did its part to keep the game close. Jordan Hicks, Grant Taylor and Tyler Davis, who is up from Charlotte while Trevor Richards is on emergency family leave, combined for 3 2/3 scoreless innings and did not allow a hit.
Chicago did have a couple of chances to do more damage. Miguel Vargas led off the eighth with a ball that looked like it might turn into extra bases, but Jarren Duran shut that down. Braden Montgomery had another opportunity in the ninth, and Ceddane Rafaela erased that one from center field.
The sweep leaves the White Sox at 47-45 and in a virtual tie with the Guardians, who beat the Twins earlier in the day. Their final series before the All-Star break starts tomorrow night against the A’s, with Sean Burke set to face Aaron Civale.
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