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SAN DIEGO \u2014 Chicago White Sox pinch hitter Derek Hill hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the seventh inning Sunday against the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n

But the Padres broke the tie with a check-swing RBI infield single by Xander Bogaerts in the eighth inning, and San Diego held on to beat the Sox 4-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 40,171 at Petco Park.<\/p>\n

The Sox (16-18) saw their five-game winning streak<\/a> end. They had to settle for winning two out of three in the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cTough loss, but we\u2019re in a good spot,\u201d Sox manager Will Venable said. \u201cGuys just continue to play hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here are three takeaways from the weekend.<\/p>\n

1. Derek Hill\u2019s heroics on Sunday were just not enough.
\n\"DerekDerek Hill of the Chicago White Sox celebrates his home run as Freddy Fermin of the San Diego Padres looks on during the seventh inning at Petco Park on May 3, 2026, in San Diego. Meg McLaughlin\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Sox trailed 3-1 entering the seventh inning on Sunday. Chase Meidroth began the inning with a single.<\/p>\n

Derek Hill hit for Jarred Kelenic and connected on an 0-2 fastball from Adrian Morejon for a game-tying, two-run home run.<\/p>\n

Hill gave credit to the coaches for aiding in the preparation against San Diego\u2019s lefties.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big spot and he came through,\u201d Venable said.<\/p>\n

The Padres responded with small ball in the eighth. Ram\u00f3n Laureano walked, stole second and advanced to third on a one-out infield single by Jackson Merrill. With two outs, Bogaerts checked his swing on a 2-2 fastball from Bryan Hudson and hit a slow grounder between the mound and third base for a run-scoring infield single.<\/p>\n

Tristan Peters singled and stole second with two outs in the ninth for the Sox against Padres closer Mason Miller. But Miller struck out Luisangel Acu\u00f1a to end the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cA couple of mistakes early there on the bases for us (Sam Antonacci getting thrown out at the plate on an infield hit in the first and Kelenic getting picked off first base in the fourth), but I thought the guys did a great job battling, gave ourselves a chance there,\u201d Venable said. \u201cGot beat with the infield single, with one of our guys on the mound.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just got to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n

2. The Sox played \u201cthe kind of baseball we want to play.\u201d
\n\"ChicagoChicago White Sox’s Drew Romo celebrates after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Sunday, May 3, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo\/Gregory Bull)<\/p>\n

Venable said the Sox were \u201cplaying the kind of baseball we want to play\u201d throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n

On the mound, the team received back-to-back six shutout innings from starters Noah Schultz<\/a> on Friday and Sean Burke on Saturday. At the plate, the Sox displayed the ability to slug in the form of homers on Friday by Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery<\/a> in the 8-2 win and they played small ball Saturday, including a safety squeeze from Peters during a 4-0 victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally good series,\u201d said catcher Drew Romo, who homered Sunday. \u201cI\u2019d say that our team is clicking right now. The starting pitching is amazing, giving us a great chance to succeed. Bullpen is doing a great job. I love catching all these guys. That offense, timely hitting, finding ways to score runs, whether that\u2019s the long ball or walks, getting on base and driving them in. Moving station to station.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust one slow hit away (on Sunday) and sometimes baseball is like that. It sucks.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. There was big minor-league news, including Braden Montgomery\u2019s next step and a setback for Shane Smith.
\n\"ChicagoChicago White Sox non-roster invitee outfielder Braden Montgomery participates in media day during spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz., on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n

The Sox promoted outfielder Braden Montgomery to Triple-A Charlotte, the team announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cA really good player, really dedicated to his craft and the things he knows he needs to do on a daily basis to go out there and play good baseball,\u201d Venable said. \u201cSo, really happy for him and proud of him for the work he\u2019s put in and it\u2019s cool that he\u2019s getting promoted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Montgomery, the No. 1 prospect in the Sox system<\/a> according to MLB.com<\/a>, had a .313 average with six home runs and 22 RBIs in 27 games for Double-A Birmingham.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to be good, he wants to be great. That\u2019s a really valuable mentality to have,\u201d Sox director of player development Paul Janish said on Wednesday at Rate Field.<\/p>\n

Charlotte pitcher Shane Smith, who started opening day for the Sox, suffered a right rotator cuff strain. The right-hander pitched two innings in his most recent outing on April 30, his fourth with the Knights after being optioned on April 8<\/a>. Smith will miss a couple of weeks, the Sox said on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO \u2014 Chicago White Sox pinch hitter Derek Hill hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2407],"tags":[5,6080,49,8220,14899,4,256,43,12867,17709,137,18,4339,4338,3399,998],"class_list":{"0":"post-689665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-padres","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-braden-montgomery","10":"tag-chicago-white-sox","11":"tag-derek-hill","12":"tag-drew-romo","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-mlb-baseball","15":"tag-padres","16":"tag-petco-park","17":"tag-sam-antonacci","18":"tag-san-diego","19":"tag-san-diego-padres","20":"tag-sandiego","21":"tag-sandiegopadres","22":"tag-shane-smith","23":"tag-will-venable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116513570421974157","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689665","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=689665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}