Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays

· Major League Baseball

Chicago White Sox

59-52, 25-31 Away

Final
9 - 1

Tampa Bay Rays

65-46, 41-18 Home

Kay pitches 6 scoreless, Benintendi, Vargas and Pereira homer as White Sox beat Rays 9-1

The White Sox (58-52), who entered August in first place of the AL Central for the first time since 2021, hold a 3 1/2 game lead over the Minnesota Twins.

Kay (8-5) fanned three batters and allowed seven hits while walking one. Duncan Davitt surrendered the lone run on his first pitch of the ninth.

Benintendi scored the game's first run on a fielding error by Griffin Jax (6-9) in the first inning, and Colson Montgomery doubled the lead after Benintendi's advance to second allowed him to come across from third; the play was officially scored as a wild pitch by Jax.

Benintendi launched his 12th homer of the year 378 feet over the right-center field wall in the fourth, and Pereira extended the lead with a two-run double in the sixth inning.

Pereira tacked on his his fourth home run of the year in the ninth before Vargas sealed the game with a 413-footer to the left-field seats at Tropicana Field.

In five innings, Jax allowed three runs on four hits while striking out eight.

Ben Williamson scored the Rays' only run with a solo homer to left field.

During the game, the Rays Freddy Peralta for three prospects in a trade with the New York Mets. Peralta carries a 4.99 ERA across 22 starts — the second-worst ERA among all qualified pitchers in the MLB this season.

Up next Rays LHP Ian Seymour (7-3, 4.37 ERA) gets the start for a series opener against Rockies RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-9, 6.54) on Monday.

The White Sox continue their six-game road trip at Fenway Park to face the Red Sox. Neither teams have announced a starter for Tuesday's game.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Aranda grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Palacios struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Palacios hit for Díaz
	9th Inning	Fortes doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Mullins fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Williamson homered to left (380 feet).

Statistics

CHW		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	18
12	Strikeouts	5
7	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
9	Hits	11
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	36
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	20
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
156	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
21	Total Bases	15
40	Plate Appearances	38
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	2
6.1	Runs Created	4.2
.237	Batting Average	.306
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.553	Slugging Percentage	.417
.395	Secondary Average	.139
.275	On Base Percentage	.324
.828	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.741
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
5.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.0
57.0	Batter Rating	20.0
12.7	At Bats Per Home Run	36.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.29
.316	Isolated Power	.111
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.20
.050	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.026
.158	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.167
16.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
95.5	MLB Rating	80.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0