{"id":787513,"date":"2026-05-10T23:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T23:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787513\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T23:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T23:06:16","slug":"chicago-white-sox-rally-to-take-series-vs-seattle-mariners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787513\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox rally to take series vs. Seattle Mariners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago White Sox scored twice in the eighth inning Sunday to rally for a 2-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners in front of 19,247 at Rate Field.<\/p>\n

Designated hitter Randal Grichuk<\/a> hit a game-tying home run leading off the eighth. Catcher Drew Romo doubled, advanced to third on a bunt and scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly to left by third baseman Miguel Vargas.<\/p>\n

\u201cA good overall day to just keep playing offensively,\u201d manager Will Venable said.<\/p>\n

Here are three takeaways as the Sox (19-21) fought back to win two of three in the series.<\/p>\n

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Photos: Chicago White Sox beat Seattle Mariners 2-1 on Mother\u2019s Day<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

1. The offense clicked at the right time.<\/p>\n

Fireworks went off when Vargas\u2019 first-inning liner to left landed. The only issue was the ball didn\u2019t go over the wall but instead hit the bottom of the wall.<\/p>\n

While Vargas was close to his third home run<\/a> of the series, he had to settle for a two-out double.<\/p>\n

Mariners starter Logan Gilbert didn\u2019t allow another baserunner, retiring the final 16 batters he faced. Gilbert allowed one hit and struck out nine in six scoreless innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cGilbert\u2019s really tough,\u201d Venable said. \u201cHe\u2019s as good as they get. I honestly don\u2019t know how anyone scores against him, he\u2019s got such good stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Sox threatened against reliever Jos\u00e9 A. Ferrer in the seventh but came up empty. Munetaka Murakami began the inning with a single. The Sox eventually loaded the bases with two outs, but second baseman Cole Young made a nice play on a grounder by Tristan Peters and narrowly threw out the Sox center fielder at first.<\/p>\n

The Sox finally broke through in the eighth against Eduard Bazardo, with Grichuk\u2019s leadoff home run tying the score at 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cA big swing by Grich, put himself in a really good position there to get a hanging breaking ball,\u201d Venable said.<\/p>\n

\"WhiteWhite Sox designated hitter Randal Grichuk (34) high-fives a ball boy after hitting a home run in the eighth inning against the Mariners on Sunday, May 10, 2026, at Rate Field. (Josh Boland\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

Romo doubled and advanced to third on Sam Antonacci\u2019s bunt. The Mariners intentionally walked Murakami, and Vargas followed with a sacrifice fly to shallow left. Randy Arozarena\u2019s throw sailed over the catcher\u2019s head, and Romo scored what turned out to be the winning run.<\/p>\n

The Sox received solid pitching from starter Davis Martin, who allowed one run on three hits with nine strikeouts and two walks in six innings. Relievers Sean Newcomb, Bryan Hudson and Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez each pitched one scoreless inning.<\/p>\n

Hudson picked up the victory, working around a two-out hit in the eighth. Dom\u00ednguez collected his ninth save, getting out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the ninth.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody knows that we have a really good group, a lot of talent here, and we\u2019re just putting the pieces together and growing up as a team,\u201d Dom\u00ednguez said.<\/p>\n

2. An aggressive send made the difference.
\n\"WhiteWhite Sox catcher Drew Romo (36) celebrates with shortstop Colson Montgomery in the eighth inning against the Mariners on Sunday, May 10, 2026, at Rate Field. (Josh Boland\/Chicago Tribune)o Tribune)<\/p>\n

Romo had a \u201cyes, yes, yes, no\u201d mentality as he stood on third base representing the go-ahead run in the eighth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a shallow fly ball and I\u2019m a catcher, I\u2019m not the fastest guy,\u201d Romo said. \u201cSo it\u2019s, yes, I\u2019m going until he stops me. And (third-base coach Justin Jirschele) just told me to keep on going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Romo took off and scored when Arozarena\u2019s throw sailed high.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo ball goes up, obviously yelling tag right away to get him back to the bag, get his foot on the bag,\u201d Jirschele said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a read after that. Thought it was a decent read with Randy coming in, coming in full speed. And then a little bit of the hesitation getting it out of his glove and taking a chance there with two outs to take the lead.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plan worked.<\/p>\n

\u201cA good throw, maybe he\u2019s out and you look like a fool sometimes, but you have to live with both sides,\u201d Jirschele said.<\/p>\n

3. Kyle Teel is preparing to take his next step.<\/p>\n

The injured catcher is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday, the Sox announced Sunday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a big step in the process for Teel, who has been sidelined since suffering a right hamstring strain<\/a> in a March 10 World Baseball Classic game<\/a> with Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel excited,\u201d Teel said. \u201cI\u2019m ready to get playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teel slashed .273\/.375\/.411 with 11 doubles, eight home runs and 35 RBIs in 78 games with the Sox in 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would argue Kyle Teel is as good a player as we have,\u201d Venable said Saturday. \u201cYou saw him last year, obviously at the plate the things he can do offensively, defensively, on the bases. He\u2019s a really good player we\u2019ll be excited to get back in the lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago White Sox scored twice in the eighth inning Sunday to rally for a 2-1 victory over…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,1274,27044,245042,5386,1818,321809,16077,27038,150026,63048,1288,13250],"class_list":{"0":"post-787513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-chicago-white-sox","10":"tag-davis-martin","11":"tag-drew-romo","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-illinois","14":"tag-justin-jirschele","15":"tag-kyle-teel","16":"tag-miguel-vargas","17":"tag-munetaka-murakami","18":"tag-randal-grichuk","19":"tag-seattle-mariners","20":"tag-will-venable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116552794158695077","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787513","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=787513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}