The Sox (35-65) are 3-0 out of the break for the first time since starting 5-0 following the 2005 All-Star Game.<\/p>\n
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Chicago White Sox’s Mike Tauchman, left, rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Andrew Heaney, center, during the first inning in Pittsburgh on Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n
All three games have had offensive outbursts.<\/p>\n
Edgar Quero and Luis Robert Jr. hit solo home runs in Friday\u2019s 10-1 victory<\/a>. Tauchman had a three-run double while the Sox scored six runs in the sixth inning of Saturday\u2019s 10-4 win<\/a>. It was the first time the Sox scored 20-plus runs in the first two post-break games since 1977, according to Elias Sports Bureau.<\/p>\n The production continued early on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cJust coming out aggressive,\u201d Venable said. \u201cWe talked coming out of the break that we have to make real changes in our approach to get to the fastball, the guys responded and did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n Chase Meidroth nearly led off the game with a home run to center, but had to settle for a double because of fan interference. Austin Slater walked. After Quero lined out hard to shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Vargas connected for the three-run home run to center field against Pirates starter Andrew Heaney.<\/p>\n Two pitches later, Tauchman hit his long home run to right. He became the 52nd different player to have a home run reach the Allegheny River (84th time overall).<\/p>\n \u201cThey all count the same but it\u2019s nice to get one in the river,\u201d Venable said.<\/p>\n Jim Thome (June 29, 2006) is the only other Sox player on that list.<\/p>\n \u201c(Thome has) got a little more thump than me, but it\u2019s cool,\u201d Tauchman said.<\/p>\n Sox starter Aaron Civale had the 4-0 lead before he threw his first pitch.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s huge \u2014 you go out there a little bit more comfortable but it\u2019s not take the foot off the gas,\u201d said Civale, who allowed one run (zero earned) on three hits with six strikeouts and one walk in six innings. \u201cIf anything, it\u2019s be a little bit more aggressive. You\u2019ve just got to pretend it\u2019s no runs, but at the end of the day, you have a little bit of a cushion.\u201d<\/p>\n The Sox built on that cushion in the fourth and fifth innings.<\/p>\n Robert singled, stole second, advanced to third on an error and scored on a single by Colson Montgomery, extending the Sox lead to 5-1 in the fourth. Robert scored seven runs in the series.<\/p>\n \u201cSeeing him having good results is always good,\u201d Vargas said.<\/p>\n Tauchman drove in two runs in the fifth with a double. He had six RBIs in the series.<\/p>\n \u201c(Tauchman was) just ready to go,\u201d Venable said. \u201cWe just watch him swing-and-miss at pitches and readjust, and get back to what he needs to do. And it\u2019s just a professional hitter. He\u2019s able to navigate at-bats, even when he\u2019s not feeling good, he finds a way to have a good at-bat and put a good swing on a good pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n Tauchman and Vargas both had three RBIs Sunday as the Sox extended their winning streak to three games, matching a season high (accomplished on two other occasions).<\/p>\n \u201cI think it was a pretty complete team effort,\u201d Tauchman said of the series. \u201cThe starting pitching was pretty good, the bullpen was lights out. Just passing the baton on offense, guys picking up each other with runners in scoring position, big hits with two outs, extended innings. Getting ourselves in good counts by laying off some tough pitches, you get better pitches to hit.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what winning looks like, what it\u2019s supposed to look like.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 The Chicago White Sox hadn\u2019t won their first three games coming out of the All-Star break…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":79096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,1274,5386,1818,27038,18901,1822,1886,51981,54514,13250],"class_list":{"0":"post-79095","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-il","11":"tag-illinois","12":"tag-miguel-vargas","13":"tag-mike-tauchman","14":"tag-mlb-baseball","15":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","16":"tag-pnc-park","17":"tag-series-sweep","18":"tag-will-venable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114887948206365113","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79095","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=79095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Chicago](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CTC-Z-White-Sox-Pirates-Baseball_231557280.jpg\")
Chicago White Sox’s Miguel Vargas rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run off Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Andrew Heaney during the first inning in Pittsburgh on Sunday, July 20, 2025. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n