{"id":63520,"date":"2025-06-23T09:09:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=63520"},"modified":"2025-06-23T09:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:09:51","slug":"deadspin-fresh-off-series-win-white-sox-try-to-tame-d-backs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=63520","title":{"rendered":"Deadspin | Fresh off series win, White Sox try to tame D-backs"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26477977.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/26477977.jpg\" alt=\"Deadspin | Fresh off series win, White Sox try to tame D-backs\" \/>Jun 17, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago White Sox pitcher Shane Smith (64) delivers during the first inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">The Arizona Diamondbacks will aim to continue their recent dominance of the host Chicago White Sox on Monday in the opener of a three-game series.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">Arizona has won the past five series dating to 2014 and boasts a 9-3 road record as part of its 17-7 overall record against the White Sox.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">While the White Sox have the most losses in the American League at 53, they&#8217;re coming off a weekend series victory in Toronto. The Blue Jays took two of three from the Diamondbacks before Chicago came to town.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">Sunday&#8217;s come-from-behind 4-2 victory gave Chicago its first series win in Toronto since 2019. Miguel Vargas delivered a go-ahead, two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">Vargas is batting .428 (12-for-28) with 19 RBIs this season with two outs and runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-6\">Arizona brought the tying run to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning Sunday but was denied a three-game road sweep of the slumping Colorado Rockies, losing 4-2.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">Despite the defeat, the Diamondbacks have won eight of 12 to climb over the .500 mark. Manager Torey Lovullo has lauded the bullpen as a key to the recent run. On Sunday, Kevin Ginkel contributed a scoreless inning for the second time in the series as he regroups after a recent stint at Triple-A following an ineffective May.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">&#8220;We&#8217;re looking to get him on a roll in any way that we possibly can,&#8221; Lovullo said. &#8220;We know what he&#8217;s capable of doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-9\">Randal Grichuk sparked Arizona&#8217;s offense with two hits and two RBIs. Josh Naylor extended his hitting streak to 11 with a fourth-inning single.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-10\">White Sox rookie right-hander Shane Smith (3-4, 2.85 ERA) will get the call Monday as he faces the Diamondbacks for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-11\">Smith gave up six runs (five earned) and six hits in 4 1\/3 innings Tuesday as the White Sox suffered a 12-2 home rout against St. Louis. It was the first time in 14 career starts that Smith yielded more than three earned runs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-12\">With Smith again working on extended rest &#8212; last Tuesday&#8217;s start marked his first since June 10 &#8212; he&#8217;s adjusting his approach.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-13\">&#8220;Instead of frontloading the work in the week and then leaving the rest of the days to kind of relax, if I have the seven days, making sure the back half of the week still has work involved and not as much recovery,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;You&#8217;re still gonna do it, but making sure that balance is there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-14\">Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez (2-4, 5.93) is set to start for Arizona. He took the loss in Toronto on Wednesday despite yielding just two runs (one earned) and six hits in 4 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-15\">Rodriguez has allowed at least one home run in seven of his past eight starts and issued three walks or more in four of the past six outings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-16\">Rodriguez is 4-0 with a 3.36 ERA in 10 career starts against the White Sox with 59 strikeouts in as many innings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-17\">Arizona&#8217;s Ketel Marte has 10 hits in the past four games.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-18\">&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadspin | Fresh off series win, White Sox try to tame D-backs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":63522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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