Bogaerts delivers critical late hit, Padres close homestand with win over White Sox
Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts (2) hits the ball during an MLB baseball game against the White Sox, Sunday May 03, 2026 in San Diego, California. SAN DIEGO – While the long ball provided the early offense, Xander Bogaerts’ infield single in the eighth inning drove in the decisive run as the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Sunday afternoon at Petco Park. Bogaerts finished 2-for-4 with the game-winning RBI and a run scored on a passed ball, as San Diego (20-13) also got solo home runs from Miguel Andujar and Manny Machado to snap a four-game losing streak.
Griffin Canning made his first start with the Brown and Gold and largely limited White Sox (16-18) despite taking a no-decision. The Padres retook the lead in the eighth inning with Ramón Laureano drawing a lead off walk and stealing second base, then Jackson Merrill singling with one out and stealing second. The Bogaerts came through with a check-swing tapper that bounced past the left side of the mound and died in front of third for the go-ahead RBI infield single.
It was San Diego’s sixth win when either tied or trailing after the seventh inning. A day removed from their first game in 28 without an extra-base hit, after Nick Castellanos’ two-out double in the second led to the final out of the inning at home, the power showed up two innings later. Andujar led off the fourth with his second home run of the season, turning on an up-and-in sinker and sending it 407 feet out to left center field.
Chicago starter Anthony Kay delivered a cutter in near the same spot to Machado two batters later, and Machado smacked it out to left-center for his fifth home run of the season and to give the Padres the lead. San Diego got another run in the inning when Bogaerts and Ty France followed up the long ball with singles. Then Freddy Fermin drew a two-out walk where the fourth ball elevated slider got to the backstop off catcher Drew Romo’s glove, allowing Bogaerts to score and make it 3-1.
Padres starting pitcher Griffin Canning (17) pitches the ball during an MLB baseball game against the White Sox, Sunday May 03, 2026 in San Diego, California. Aaron Brenner – The Sporting Tribune Padres starting pitcher Griffin Canning (17) pitches the ball during an MLB baseball game against the White Sox, Sunday May 03, 2026 in San Diego, California. Making his first start in the Majors since June 26, 2025, Canning was workmanlike in his five innings where he allowed three hits and one run on seven strikeouts and three walks.