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White Sox designated hitter Lenyn Sosa hits a two-run single in the seventh inning against the Pirates at PNC Park on July 19, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (Justin Berl\/Getty Images)<\/p>\nPITTSBURGH \u2014 The Chicago White Sox didn\u2019t have a hit until Luis Robert Jr. reached on an infield single with one out in the fifth inning Saturday night.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t long before the offense got on a roll.<\/p>\n
The Sox scored twice in the inning and six more times in the sixth, rallying to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-4 in front of a sellout crowd of 38,041 at PNC Park.<\/p>\n
Mike Tauchman had the big hit in the sixth, breaking a tie with a two-out, three-run double.<\/p>\n
In a flash, the Sox went from being hitless and trailing by three to taking a four-run lead on the way to a second straight blowout win.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday I thought it was about competing,\u201d manager Will Venable said. \u201cOur guys did a great job after a tough first four innings. (Pirates starter Mike) Burrows doing a great job and making it tough on us. Had everything working. Our guys just competed and just really proud of the effort. It paid off and we got some results.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sox fell into an early hole when the Pirates scored three in the fourth against starter Adrian Houser, who said he \u201cjust wasn\u2019t executing as well\u201d as he would have liked in big spots.\u00a0Houser allowed four runs (three earned) on 10 hits with five strikeouts and one walk in 4 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust wasn\u2019t able to get the pitches where I wanted to get them in certain situations,\u201d Houser said. \u201cThey were able to put some good swings on it and find the holes. Just have to get a little bit of better execution, probably just a little hyped up being (my) first (start) out of the chute.\u201d<\/p>\n
The hitters picked him up.<\/p>\n
Robert reached with one out in the fifth, legging out the infield single and taking second on a wild throw.<\/p>\n
White Sox designated hitter Lenyn Sosa hits a two-run single in the seventh inning against the Pirates at PNC Park on July 19, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (Justin Berl\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew if we got a hit and got something going some more were going to come,\u201d Venable said. \u201cFortunate to get that one and that\u2019s what it takes to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert stole third and scored on Lenyn Sosa\u2019s two-out single.<\/p>\n
Josh Rojas then hit a grounder just inside the first-base line. The ball kicked off the wall near the foul line, allowing Sosa to score from first to bring the Sox within 3-2.<\/p>\n
The Pirates responded with a run in the fifth. And then came the monster sixth for the Sox.<\/p>\n
Miguel Vargas began the rally with a one-out double against reliever Caleb Ferguson. Kyle Teel reached on an infield single. Robert drove in Vargas with a single. Teel scored the tying run on pinch hitter Austin Slater\u2019s single.<\/p>\n
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White Sox right fielder Mike Tauchman hits a three-run double in the sixth inning against the Pirates at PNC Park on July 19, 2025, in Pittsburgh. (Justin Berl\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The Sox loaded the bases with two outs for Tauchman. He fell behind 0-2 against Isaac Mattson, then drilled a slider out of the reach of center fielder Oneil Cruz for a bases-clearing double. Chase Meidroth followed with an RBI single, making it 8-4.<\/p>\n
\u201cGot down 0-2 on a couple of good pitches, so at that point you\u2019re kind of battling,\u201d Tauchman said. \u201cGot a slider that caught a little too much plate, just getting it outside the reach of Oneil Cruz \u2014 he\u2019s really moving out there \u2014 and fortunately found some grass. Chase came up and had another big hit. It was a great inning for the boys.\u201d<\/p>\n
The six runs matched a season high for an inning for the Sox. They also scored six in the sixth inning<\/a> on May 24 against the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n Sosa had a two-run single in the seventh to help the Sox reach double digits in scoring for the second straight game. They pummeled the Pirates 10-1 on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the first time the Sox have scored at least 10 runs in consecutive contests since Aug. 26-27, 2021, according to the club. The Sox beat the Blue Jays 10-7 on Aug. 26<\/a> in Toronto and then topped the Chicago Cubs 17-13<\/a> the next night at home.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the first time the Sox accomplished the feat against the same team since April 24-25, 2017, against the Kansas City Royals. They scored 12 runs on April 24 and 10 runs the next night.<\/p>\n \u201cJust pass the baton,\u201d Tauchman said of the approach. \u201cYou get a couple days (during the All-Star break) to reset. I take it every year to check in, see where you\u2019re at and make those little adjustments. Sometimes you just need a mental blow. I think the focus has been really good, the intensity has been really good and we\u2019ve been doing a great job of picking each other up, getting big hits with guys on base, that\u2019s what it\u2019s about.<\/p>\n \u201cKeep moving the line, it\u2019s been really good and we want to keep it going.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally Published: July 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM CDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Chicago White Sox didn\u2019t have a hit until Luis Robert Jr. reached on an infield…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":77135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[21049,53296,21894,960,1274,5386,1818,21051,16077,27351,13247,32075,18901,1886,13250],"class_list":{"0":"post-77134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-adrian-houser","9":"tag-austin-slater","10":"tag-chase-meidroth","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-white-sox","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-illinois","15":"tag-josh-rojas","16":"tag-kyle-teel","17":"tag-lenyn-sosa","18":"tag-luis-robert-jr","19":"tag-miguel-rojas","20":"tag-mike-tauchman","21":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","22":"tag-will-venable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114883717730920025","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}