South Side Redemption: Fixing the White Sox One Move at a Time

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Rangers at White Sox — Series Recap (Sept. 4–6, 2026)

The White Sox walked into the weekend with cushion, momentum, and a division lead. They walked out of it with a fresh bruise — and a Texas team that looked very comfortable playing spoiler in October-adjacent baseball.

Texas swept the three-game set at Rate Field, taking it by scores of 9–2, 10–6, and 5–2. Chicago’s record settles at 74–62, while the Rangers climb to 72–65 — a 2.5-game gap that suddenly feels a lot more relevant than it did on Thursday.

This series wasn’t a slow bleed. It was loud: homers early, pressure late, and one brutal inning at the worst possible time for the Sox.

Game 1 — Rangers 9, White Sox 2 (Sept. 4)

Texas came out swinging like it had a flight to catch.

Joe Mack set the tone with a first-inning bomb, and the Rangers never let Grant Taylor breathe.

The game turned into a full-on home run derby for Texas — Evan Carter went nuclear (two homers), and Wyatt Langford, Leody Taveras, and Jake Rogers joined the parade.

Chicago scratched across a couple runs, but the damage was already done — and Texas poured on three more late to turn it from “rough” into “runway lights.”

Big picture: Chicago never got to the soft part of the Texas bullpen. When you’re chasing early, you’re chasing all night.

Game 2 — Rangers 10, White Sox 6 (Sept. 5)

This one had more back-and-forth, but the same ending: Texas delivering the biggest swings.

Corey Seager was the headline — multi-homer game, including a missile early that quieted the park fast.

The Sox offense showed more fight: Tyler O’Neill drove in runs and kept applying pressure, and George Springer had one of the loudest swings of the day with a late homer to make it feel alive.

But every time Chicago threatened to flip it, Texas had an answer — and then Joe Mack dropped the hammer again with a ninth-inning homer to slam the door.

The gut punch note: Jacob deGrom left injured after barely getting into the game, and the Rangers still kept rolling. That’s the kind of win that makes a team believe it’s bulletproof.

Game 3 — Rangers 5, White Sox 2 (Sept. 6)

This was the tightest game of the series — and the one that’s going to stick in Chicago’s craw.

Texas manufactured two early runs with doubles and chaos, then the Sox finally landed a counterpunch when Luis Robert Jr. launched a game-tying two-run homer.

Mike Vasil battled, kept Chicago in it, and gave them a path.

And then the eighth happened: walks, an error, and a string of Texas at-bats that wouldn’t die — three Rangers runs later, the Sox were staring at the sweep.

Texas also took another hit here: Nathan Eovaldi left injured — two Texas starters banged up in two days, and the Rangers still walked out with all three wins.

What it means

The White Sox are still in first in the AL Central, but this series was a reminder that the margin gets thin fast in September — especially against teams that can change a game with one swing.

Texas didn’t just win. They won with:

power in bunches

timely hitting

and an ability to punish mistakes immediately

Chicago, meanwhile, had speed and traffic (stolen bases, baserunners), but too many innings ended with empty hands — and too many Texas innings ended with someone jogging around the bases.

Notable News / Transactions

Sept. 7, 2026: Top prospect 1B Chris Wagoner was promoted to AA Birmingham — a loud little organizational exhale after a rough weekend. If Chicago’s going to make a real push (and hold off the pack), getting another impact bat closer to the doorstep matters.