{"id":755027,"date":"2026-07-18T12:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T12:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/755027\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T12:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T12:27:19","slug":"white-sox-strive-to-continue-taking-advantage-of-struggling-blue-jays-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/755027\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox strive to continue taking advantage of struggling Blue Jays – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago White Sox will look to continue their domination of the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon when the teams meet in the second game of a three-game series in Toronto.<\/p>\n

The White Sox took the opener 12-4 Friday night as play resumed after the All-Star break and have won all four games between the teams this season. The White Sox swept the Blue Jays in a three-game set at Chicago from April 3-5.<\/p>\n

With poor air quality due to wildfire smoke, the roof at Rogers Centre was closed on Friday.<\/p>\n

The teams are going in different directions. The Blue Jays have lost three straight games, are seven games under .500, and are last in the American League East.<\/p>\n

The White Sox have won four games in a row, are six games above .500, and sit atop the AL Central.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe joke about being just dumb enough to not know, and just being dumb enough to just go play hard, and let it take care of itself,\u201d White Sox outfielder Randal Grichuk, a former Blue Jay, told the Chicago Sun-Times. \u201cThis room is really talented, and I think it\u2019s honestly more talented than the baseball world knows and would give us credit for, because we are so young and the teams out there, people out there, just don\u2019t really know. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been fun to be a part of it, helping them grow if I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays have yet to look like the team of last year, when they won the AL East and took the Los Angeles Dodgers to Game 7 in the World Series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve just got to get the big hit,\u201d Toronto manager John Schneider said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to get the big hit or hit homers with guys on. That\u2019s been the \u2018thing\u2019 all year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays are scheduled to start right-hander Shane Bieber (0-1, 7.64 ERA) on Saturday. He is 8-5 with a 2.93 ERA in 18 career starts against the White Sox but has not faced them since 2023.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Davis Martin (9-4, 3.41 ERA) will start for Chicago. He is 1-0 with a 4.26 ERA in two career games (one start) against Toronto. The win came April 5, when he pitched six scoreless innings.<\/p>\n

The Blue Jays had a slightly different look on Friday. George Springer played left field after making all of his previous starts this season as the designated hitter. It allowed the Blue Jays to use both catchers \u2014 Brandon Valenzuela and Alejandro Kirk \u2014 in the lineup against left-handed starter Anthony Kay.<\/p>\n

Springer had a solo home run and two RBIs, and Valenzuela homered as the DH. Luis Urias also homered.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis won\u2019t be every day,\u201d Schneider said. \u201c(Springer) is at the point where he\u2019s comfortable at DH, and he\u2019s not that young (36), so we don\u2019t want to run him out there and kill him. But to use our whole roster a bit differently, we can put him out there a couple of times every couple of weeks and rotate the DH spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The White Sox on Friday got a two-run homer from Sam Antonacci, four RBIs from Braden Montgomery \u2014 whose first career triple came with the bases loaded \u2014 and a three-run double by Colson Montgomery.<\/p>\n

Tyler Schweitzer pitched the final three scoreless innings and was awarded his first career major league win.<\/p>\n

The White Sox had 12 hits, with each starter contributing at least one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat just kind of stokes the flames,\u201d Braden Montgomery said. \u201cWe\u2019ve always got this fire in us, but add a little bit of oxygen to the fire every now and again, where we get more excited to keep going, keep the foot on the pedal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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