Home sweep home: 3-0 win gives Sox first home opener sweep since 2004

Davis Martin pitched a masterful game, for his second win in two tries. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images By golly, they actually did it! For the first time since 2004, the White Sox have swept their home opening series, by virtue of a 3-0 win over the Blue Jays.

It what might have been Chicago’s cleanest game of the season so far—no errors, no baserunning mishaps, and most importantly, not a single blemish on any pitcher’s stat line. What a difference three games makes, as the team’s calamitous 1-5 start somehow feels distant in the rear view mirror. For those thinking about it, it took until May 15 for the Sox to engineer their first three-game win streak of the 2025 campaign.

Maybe things really are different this time. It was a banner day for the Davis Martin Hype Train, of which I have considered myself the Engineer since late 2024. The righty delivered the Sox first true quality start of 2026 — Sean Burke’s outing Friday would have counted, had he actually started — and gave the team’s bullpen a much-needed breather as he moved to 2-0 on the season.

Martin’s stuff was as crisp as we’ve seen it all year, sitting a solid 95 mph with his heater today after living in the 92-93 mph range his last couple times out. He made use of all six of his pitches against a dangerous Blue Jays lineup, and with the exception of a third inning that saw Martin escape a bases-loaded jam, Toronto just couldn’t quite time anything up, ultimately touching him for just four hits in his six innings of work. View Link This is essentially what the best of version of Martin looks like.