{"id":653805,"date":"2026-03-31T04:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/653805\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:04:24","slug":"miguel-vargas-collects-6-rbis-in-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/653805\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel Vargas collects 6 RBIs in win"},"content":{"rendered":"

MIAMI \u2014 Miguel Vargas resides in Miami.<\/p>\n

The Chicago White Sox first baseman had a heck of a return to the area on Monday, clobbering a grand slam as part of an evening that included two hits and six RBIs.<\/p>\n

Austin Hays also hit a three-run home run for the Sox, who collected their first win of the season by defeating the Miami Marlins 9-4 in front of 6,515 at loanDepot park.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels great, especially to have my family here and a couple of friends that never watched me play in the big leagues,\u201d Vargas said. \u201cIt\u2019s super fun, and I\u2019m very proud to accomplish what we accomplished today, and keep doing it as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vargas became the first Sox player with six RBIs in a game since Seby Zavala on July 31, 2021, against Cleveland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a special night,\u201d manager Will Venable said. \u201cHe had a lot of people here. He was excited to be out there like he is every day, but just a really nice performance. Controlled the zone, obviously some big swings. Did a really nice job.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MiguelMiguel Vargas of the Chicago White Sox hits a grand slam against the Miami Marlins in the fourth inning on March 30, 2026, in Miami. (Megan Briggs\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Cuban-born Vargas estimated he had around 40 supporters in attendance for Monday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people, they\u2019ve been supporting me my entire career, and I love playing in front of them, for sure,\u201d Vargas said.<\/p>\n

He gave them something to cheer about with two outs in the third inning when he flipped a ball just over shortstop Otto Lopez\u2019s head for an RBI single.<\/p>\n

Munetaka Murakami then reached on an infield single. Hays followed with the three-run home run to right field, his first of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s huge, to keep fighting there and continue to put quality at-bats together,\u201d Venable said of the two-out success. \u201cGet good results when you\u2019re able to do that, the guys did a great job tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tristan Peters and Everson Pereira singled to start the fourth inning. And with one out, Luisangel Acu\u00f1a got hit by a pitch. That brought Vargas up with the bases loaded.<\/p>\n

He launched a 3-1 changeup from Marlins starter Chris Paddack well over the left-field wall for a 402-foot grand slam, putting the Sox ahead 8-0.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was pretty confident in trying to get a good pitch and trying to drive (in) some runs,\u201d Vargas said.<\/p>\n

It was the second grand slam in as many days for a Sox player. Colson Montgomery hit a slam<\/a> during the first inning Sunday at Milwaukee. It\u2019s the fourth time in franchise history the Sox hit a slam in back-to-back games, and the first since they did it in three in a row from June 23-25, 2006, according to Stats Perform.<\/p>\n

The Sox couldn\u2019t hold on to Sunday\u2019s large lead<\/a>, losing 9-7. Davis Martin and relievers Sean Newcomb and Jordan Hicks made sure that didn\u2019t happen again on Monday.<\/p>\n

Martin allowed three runs on five hits with six strikeouts and two walks in five innings to earn the win in his first start of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you get the eight-spot it turns into, \u2018Hey, how can we attack the zone as efficiently as possible,’\u201d Martin said. \u201cHow can we get guys in and out of the box. And knowing where our bullpen situation was, just try to get as deep in the game as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acu\u00f1a\u2019s legs contributed to Vargas\u2019 sixth RBI, which gave the Sox a 9-3 lead. Acu\u00f1a walked with one out in the sixth, stole second and third. He then scored on Vargas\u2019 sacrifice fly to shallow right field, sliding in safely just ahead of the throw.<\/p>\n

Vargas topped his previous high of four RBIs, which he accomplished on Aug. 28 last season against the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n

He was happy Monday\u2019s big night came in a victory as the Sox improved to 1-3.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt means a lot,\u201d Vargas said. \u201cIt was a slow start, and then I think last couple games, we\u2019ve been doing a really good job, especially trusting the guy next to you, behind you, getting on base and doing the right things for winning baseball games. I think we\u2019re in the right spot right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Venable added: \u201cIt was a tough series in Milwaukee, turning the page on that, taking the lessons we can to tighten some things up. But nice to come out and play a good, clean ballgame and guys did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 Miguel Vargas resides in Miami. The Chicago White Sox first baseman had a heck of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[5,49,6998,2186,1816,778,58,4171,4154,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-653805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami-marlins","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago-white-sox","10":"tag-grand-slam","11":"tag-luisangel-acuna","12":"tag-marlins","13":"tag-miami","14":"tag-miami-marlins","15":"tag-miamimarlins","16":"tag-miguel-vargas","17":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116321811272911809","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}