Rays Visit the White Sox on 4-Game Road Win Streak
Tristan Gray's seventh-inning homer broke a 4-4 tie, helping the Rays move to a 72-72 record and keep pace for the American League Wild Card, officials said.
- The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, in Chicago before 12,487 fans.
- The Rays acquired Tristan Gray and Adrian Houser from the White Sox in July trades for cash and prospects, setting the stage for this matchup.
- Josh Lowe and Richie Palacios each hit solo home runs, while Gray broke a 4-4 tie with a seventh-inning solo shot off Tyler Alexander; Houser struck out nine over 5⅓ innings allowing three runs.
- White Sox skipper Will Venable was dismissed during the sixth inning following a dispute over a strike call involving Lenyn Sosa; the team ended the game with 13 strikeouts and did not register a single walk.
- With this victory, the Rays evened their record at 72-72 and closed the gap to four games behind the Mariners for the AL wild card, while the White Sox fell to 55-90 after suffering their second defeat in nine contests.
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Chicago White Sox surrender 3 home runs — including to a former prospect — in a 5-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays
Adrian Houser had an impressive short stint earlier this season with the Chicago White Sox before being traded to the Tampa Bay Rays. Houser returned to Rate Field on Tuesday, but it was another player who spent time this year in the Sox organization — Tristan Gray — making the difference for the Rays. Gray hit a tie-breaking solo home run in the seventh inning as the Rays topped the Sox 5-4 in front of 12,487. “I don’t think it was so much abou…
Rays slip past White Sox behind three home runs
Tristan Gray hit a go-ahead solo home run in the seventh inning and Josh Lowe and Richie Palacios also went deep as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays edged the Chicago White Sox 5-4 on Tuesday. Tampa Bay (72-72) stopped a three-game losing streak and moved within four games of Seattle (76-68) for the third American League wild card. The Rays are among four teams chasing the Mariners, who played later Tuesday, for the final AL playoff spot. Pete Fairba…
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