Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay Rays

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Chicago White Sox

9-28, 4-16 Away

Final
4 - 1

Tampa Bay Rays

19-19, 13-10 Home

Flexen and DeJong help the White Sox beat the Rays 4-1

The AL-worst White Sox (9-28) won the season series 4-2. Chicago swept a three-game home set with the Rays from April 26-28.

“Clean baseball all the way around.” Chicago manager Pedro Grifol said. “Opportunistic hitting. Really good pitching.”

Flexen (2-3) struck out eight while surrendering one run and three hits. The right-hander tossed five scoreless innings in a 9-4 win over Tampa Bay on April 26.

“He has kind of had our number,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “He’s kept us off balance quite a bit. Mixed very well against us and kind of given us fits.”

Flexen walked one.

“Just trying to be consistent,” Flexen said. “Every time I go out there I’m always trying to put us in position to win. My game is command the zone, try to minimize the walks.”

Michael Kopech, the third Chicago reliever, handled the ninth for his third save in four chances, finishing a four-hitter.

DeJong hit a two-run drive off Aaron Civale (2-3) in the fifth, lifting the White Sox to a 2-1 lead. He also went deep during Tuesday night's 5-1 loss.

Civale was pulled in the fifth inning for the fourth consecutive start. The right-hander was charged with two runs and five hits.

"It’s probably more coincidence than anything," Cash said.

He has pitched five innings or less in 13 of 18 starts since being acquired from Cleveland at last year’s trade deadline.

Civale was replaced by Kevin Kelly with two on and two outs. Andrew Vaughn then reached on an infield single, loading the bases, but Eloy Jiménez struck out looking.

Sixth-inning RBI singles by Bryan Ramos and Tommy Pham lifted Chicago to a 4-1 lead.

Ramos is hitting .357 (5 for 14) in five games since being called up from Double-A Birmingham on Saturday. His double in the two-run fifth hit off the wall in left and just missed becoming his first big league homer.

“Two more pushups, and that's a homer,” Ramos said with a smile.

Flexen retired his first nine batters before Yandy Díaz opened the fourth with a single and scored on Isaac Paredes’ double. All three Tampa Bay hits off of him came in the inning.

TRAINER’S ROOM

White Sox: Grifol said OF Luis Robert Jr. (right hip flexor strain) has bounced back from a setback earlier this week. ... INF Danny Mendick (lower back) is nearing a minor league rehab assignment.

Rays: RHP Ryan Pepiot (bruised lower left leg) was placed on the 15-day IL. Cash and Pepiot both believe it is a short-term injury. ... Closer Pete Fairbanks (nerve-related hand issues) is set to have his second outing Thursday night with Triple-A Durham.

White Sox: RHP Erick Fedde (2-0, 3.46 ERA) and Cleveland RHP Ben Lively (1-1, 2.08 ERA) are Thursday night’s starters.

Rays: RHP Taj Bradley (right pectoral strain) will make his season debut Friday night against the New York Yankees.

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Matchup Prediction

Rays: 69.9%

White Sox: 30.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Paredes grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, H. Ramírez out at second.
	9th Inning	H. Ramírez reached on infield single to first.
	9th Inning	Arozarena flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Kopech relieved Brebbia
	9th Inning	Ortega in center field.
	9th Inning	Pham in right field.

Statistics

CHW		TB
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	2
10	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
155	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	5
40	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	1
6.2	Runs Created	0.5
.324	Batting Average	.143
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.514	Slugging Percentage	.179
.243	Secondary Average	.143
.375	On Base Percentage	.226
.889	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.404
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.1
6.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.5
39.0	Batter Rating	10.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.42
.189	Isolated Power	.036
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.27
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.097
-.081	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
8.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
89.8	MLB Rating	62.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0