Rangers Torch White Sox 11-2, Seager and Burger Lead Demolition

Texas put up 11 runs on Chicago and never looked back, with Corey Seager going 3-for-4 with 3 RBI and Jake Burger adding a 412-foot bomb to center. The White Sox had a brief pulse in the second inning, but this game was effectively over by the third.

Texas came out swinging from the first pitch. Ezequiel Duran's fielder's choice plated the game's first run, then Evan Carter doubled to right to score Langford and push it to 2-0. The Rangers kept the pressure on in the second — Duran's infield single scored Seager to make it 3-0. Chicago answered immediately: Tristan Peters launched a 372-foot two-run homer to right, scoring B. Montgomery and suddenly making it a one-run game at 3-2. For a moment, it looked like the White Sox might have something.

They didn't. Seager ended that conversation in the third inning. He doubled to center, scoring both Freeman and Díaz to push Texas to 5-2 — and that's when the win probability swung from 45% to 25% for Chicago, a 20-point collapse on a single swing. That double was the turning point, and the White Sox never recovered. Burger went deep to center in the fifth — 412 feet — to make it 6-2, and Seager doubled again in the same inning to score Foscue and push it to 7. Burger added a run-scoring double in the sixth, then scored a run via a wild pitch in the eighth, and Langford capped the night with a 368-foot two-run shot to left center in the ninth. Final: 11-2, and it wasn't that close.

The story of the night was Texas's lineup depth — six different Rangers drove in runs, and the offense kept finding new ways to extend the lead every time Chicago threatened to make it interesting. On the mound, Kumar Rocker worked 5.2 innings, allowing 2 earned runs on 5 hits with 8 strikeouts, and the bullpen — Jordan Montgomery for 2.0 innings and Robby Ahlstrom for 1.1 — combined to throw 3.1 hitless, scoreless frames to close it out. Chicago's Tyler Schweitzer lasted just 2.0 innings, giving up 3 hits and 2 earned runs before the Rangers' offense made the night a long one for the rest of the White Sox staff. Peters' homer was the lone bright spot in an otherwise forgettable evening for Chicago.