Tampa Bay Rays at Chicago White Sox

· Major League Baseball

Tampa Bay Rays

9-7, 5-5 Away

Final
8 - 5

Chicago White Sox

6-11, 3-4 Home

McClanahan earns his first win since 2023 as the Rays beat the White Sox 8-5

Tampa Bay Rays vs. Chicago White Sox: Game Highlights

Ryan Vilade had three hits, including an RBI double, and scored three runs for the Rays. Ben Williamson doubled twice and drove in three runs as Tampa Bay spoiled the major league debut of White Sox starter Nick Schultz.

Everson Pereira hit a three-run homer in his return from a left-ankle sprain for the only runs off McClanahan (1-1), a two time All-Star who made his third start of 2026 after missing two seasons.

The 28-year-old left-hander allowed two hits and two earned runs, while striking out four and walking four.

Munetaka Murakami lofted a two-run homer off Yoendrys Gómez in the ninth, then Bryan Baker got the final out for his third save.

McClanahan last won on June 16, 2023, improving to 11-1 that season. He underwent Tommy John surgery in August 2023, then a nerve-related issue and operation in 2025 shut him down.

Schultz (0-1), the White Sox top pitching prospect, allowed four runs on three hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings. The 6-foot-10 lefty allowed three runs — two scored on his throwing error — in a shaky first before settling down, and striking out four.

The Rays jumped out 3-0 in the first. Schultz walked Jonathan Aranda and Junior Caminero with one out and Vilade's double made it 1-0.

Williamson bunted back to the mound, but Schultz threw wildly to home, allowing Caminero and Vilade to score.

Williamson's double in the third upped Tampa Bay's lead to 4-0. Pereira's drive in the bottom half cut it to 4-3.

RBI singles by Nick Fortes and Diaz in the sixth made it 6-3. Williamson and DeLuca drove in runs in the seventh.

Up next Tampa Bay RHP Jesse Scholtens (0-0, 0.00 ERA) faces Chicago RHP Sean Burke (0-1, 3.60) on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Quero flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Peters to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Baker relieved Gómez
	9th Inning	Peters singled to right.
	9th Inning	Murakami homered to right (398 feet), Vargas scored.
	9th Inning	Meidroth popped out to first.

Statistics

TB		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
18	Ground Balls	9
7	Strikeouts	6
7	Runs Batted In	5
3	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	3
6	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	1
8	Runs	5
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	33
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	18
1	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	153
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
16	Total Bases	11
43	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
6.7	Runs Created	4.4
.353	Batting Average	.152
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.471	Slugging Percentage	.333
.294	Secondary Average	.485
.450	On Base Percentage	.300
.921	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.633
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
6.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.2
51.0	Batter Rating	34.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.70	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.73
.118	Isolated Power	.182
0.86	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.17
.140	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.171
-.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.333
15.0	Runs Produced	10.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.1
97.0	MLB Rating	79.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0