White Sox lose to Rangers again for 9th loss in a row
The Sox are only the 12th team in MLB history with 76 losses in their first 103 games, and the first since the 1979 Oakland Athletics.
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The Sox are only the 12th team in MLB history with 76 losses in their first 103 games, and the first since the 1979 Oakland Athletics.
The Sox had gone ahead on Paul DeJong's solo homer in the ninth inning before their bullpen's MLB-high 25th blown save.
Jared Walsh homered in his first at-bat for Texas after watching his new teammates get their World Series rings, and the Rangers beat the Chicago Cubs 11-2 on Saturday night.
The Cubs played their first game with Craig Counsell as the big league's highest-paid manager at five years worth more than $40 million.
Nick Foligno, Jason Dickinson and Alex Vlasic scored for the 'Hawks.
It marks the Rangers' first World Series in their more than 60-year history.
Max Scherzer settled down after a shaky start to win his debut for the AL West-leading Texas Rangers.
The Sox have fallen 23 games under .500 for the first time since being 62-100 at the end of the 2018 season.
The Sox lost for the eighth time in 10 games while having only three hits and being held scoreless for the ninth time this season.
Andrew Vaughn hit a solo homer for the slumping White Sox, and Michael Kopech (3-6) lasted just four innings in his shortest start of the season.
The White Sox overcame five RBIs by Corey Seager, including a two-run double in the top of the eighth that put Texas ahead 6-4.
The Sox closed to to 3-2 in the sixth when Andrew Vaughn and Luis Robert Jr. hit consecutive homers.
Kane wasn't great with the Rangers, and still isn't sure if he'll need surgery for what's been a lingering lower body injury.
Stroman (2-0) struck out six and allowed two hits and three walks a few days after opening the season with a six-inning, eight-strikeout effort.
Luis Torrens' first home run of the spring put the Cubs up 7-6.
Kane, 34, was the first overall draft pick for the Blackhawks in 2007 and has played for no other NHL team.
Dylan Cease pitched six strong innings, Eloy Jimenez hit a tiebreaking solo home run and the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
Meibrys Viloria had a tiebreaking pinch-hit single in the seventh inning and Texas beat the White Sox on Thursday night.
Yasmani Grandal hit a tiebreaking, two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
Dylan Cease was on the mound Wednesday for the White Sox as they took on the Texas Rangers in Cactus League play.
José Abreu matched the major league RBI lead, Yasmani Grandal homered for the second game in a row and the Chicago White Sox moved closer to their first AL Central title since 2008 with a win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
DJ Peters' pinch-hit single drove home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning, helping the Texas Rangers beat former teammate Lance Lynn and the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox on Saturday night.
Michael Kopech struck out a career-high 10 in just five innings, José Abreu homered and drove in three runs and the Chicago White Sox beat the Texas Rangers Sunday for their season-high fourth straight win.
Luis Robert led off the White Sox ninth with an infield single. Rookie phenom Yermín Mercedes was intentionally walked before Madrigal delivered the winning hit to right field off John King with two outs.
As the Cactus League season winds down, the Cubs faced the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
