Miguel Vargas homers twice as the White Sox beat Luis Castillo and the Mariners 6-1
CHICAGO (AP) — Miguel Vargas homered twice and drove in three runs, and the Chicago White Sox beat Luis Castillo and the Seattle Mariners 6-1 on Saturday night. Colson Montgomery also went deep for Chicago , which had lost three straight and four of five overall. Anthony Kay (2-1) pitched five innings of one-run ball.
The White Sox improved to 18-21 on the season. They were 11-28 after 39 games last year. Julio Rodríguez had two of Seattle's four hits.
The Mariners had won three of four, including a 12-8 victory in the series opener on Friday night. Castillo (0-4) surrendered four runs and five hits in four innings in his third consecutive loss. The right-hander struck out six and walked none.
It was Castillo's first loss in five career starts against the White Sox. He was 2-0 with a 1. 71 ERA against the South Siders coming into the night, allowing five earned runs in 26 1/3 innings.
Montgomery drove Castillo's 1-2 fastball deep to right for a two-run drive with two out in the first. Montgomery's 10th homer extended his on-base streak to a career-best 21 straight games. Vargas hit a two-run shot off Castillo in the third and a solo drive off left-hander Josh Simpson in the fifth.