{"id":330024,"date":"2026-05-24T02:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330024\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T02:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T02:20:09","slug":"chicago-white-sox-missed-pop-ups-prove-costly-in-10-3-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330024\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox: Missed pop-ups prove costly in 10-3 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman hit a pop-up in Miguel Vargas\u2019 direction with two outs in the fifth inning Saturday at Oracle Park.<\/p>\n

But the Chicago White Sox third baseman lost the ball in the sun, and it fell in shallow left field for what was ruled a double. Two walks followed, loading the bases for Harrison Bader.<\/p>\n

Reliever Jordan Leasure replaced bulk pitcher Erick Fedde, and Bader popped up Leasure\u2019s second pitch into foul territory. Vargas again lost the ball in the sun, and it fell for what was ruled a no play.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first one I was trying to follow it, I didn\u2019t see it at any point,\u201d Vargas said. \u201cThe second one was even harder.\u201d<\/p>\n

The at-bat continued, and Bader made the Sox pay three pitches later with a grand slam.<\/p>\n

The Sox allowed six runs in the inning, losing 10-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 40,172.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat inning for me was very tough to see the ball,\u201d Vargas said, \u201cand I think I could do better and put the team in a better spot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fedde allowed eight runs on 10 hits with three strikeouts and two walks in 3 1\/3 innings after entering with one out in the second following opener Bryan Hudson.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Hudson) did a great job of getting us going and (I was) able to come in the second inning and get a couple of quick outs,\u201d Fedde said. \u201cJust didn\u2019t do a good job after that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt fine, just didn\u2019t execute a few pitches. The boys did great to battle back to get it back to 3-3. Unfortunately I wasn\u2019t able to keep us there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WhiteWhite Sox manager Will Venable (1) takes out pitcher Erick Fedde in the fifth inning against the Giants on Saturday, May 23, 2026, at Oracle Park in San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Fedde surrendered three runs in the fourth \u2014 a rally that started on a triple by Luis Arraez that was just out of the reach of right fielder Jarred Kelenic.<\/p>\n

The Sox responded with three in the fifth. Kelenic doubled and scored on a single by Drew Romo. Tristan Peters scored on a fielder\u2019s choice. And Vargas drove in a run with a double, tying the score at 3.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t remain tied for long.<\/p>\n

Arraez singled with one out in the bottom of the fifth, and Casey Schmitt followed with a two-run homer to left, giving the Giants a 5-3 lead. Fedde retired the next batter, and then came the sequence of pop-ups, walks and grand slam that extended the lead to 9-3.<\/p>\n

\u201cVargy\u2019s been arguably our best player<\/a> to this point,\u201d manager Will Venable said, \u201cand not only just our best player, but a guy that really sets the standard for how we go about our business and how we run and play with effort. He\u2019s a leader in that department for sure.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo these plays happen. It\u2019s unfortunate and no one feels as bad about it as Vargy, but he always does the right thing and he\u2019s our guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

More problems with pop-ups popped up for the Sox in the sixth. First baseman Munetaka Murakami didn\u2019t catch Rafael Devers\u2019 pop-up but recovered in time to throw him out at first.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something we talked about (Friday) as part of our advance work and advance meeting,\u201d Venable said, \u201cthat with these two day games (Saturday and Sunday), that it\u2019s going to be a factor, the sun and the wind, and you\u2019ve just got to do everything you can to prep for those, communicate and just grind your way through it. And on the offensive end, just making sure you\u2019re running hard as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vargas plans on wearing sunglasses Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first couple of innings (wearing them Saturday), it was tough for me to watch the baseball off the bat,\u201d he said. \u201cI decided to try to not wear and see if I can see better. I guess it wasn\u2019t the right decision for me. But it\u2019s something I learn every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reliever Jordan Hicks goes on the IL<\/p>\n

The Sox placed reliever Jordan Hicks<\/a> on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain and recalled Leasure from Triple-A Charlotte before Saturday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

Hicks\u2019 IL stint is retroactive to Thursday. The right-hander is 0-1 with a 5.60 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 17 2\/3 innings over 20 relief appearances.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been feeling pretty general soreness in the area for about a week and a half, two weeks,\u201d Hicks said before Saturday\u2019s game, \u201cbut it has just gotten increasingly worse and I feel like it\u2019s just a minor strain and should be back in a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 San Francisco Giants third baseman Matt Chapman hit a pop-up in Miguel Vargas\u2019 direction with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[5222,118297,74527,124250,57826,101,4820,103,102,104,106,105,124229],"class_list":["post-330024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-erick-fedde","tag-harrison-bader","tag-miguel-vargas","tag-munetaka-murakami","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-will-venable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}