Tampa Bay Rays vs Chicago White Sox Match Player Stats On Jun 14, 2021

Austin Meadows, Brandon Lowe and Randy Arozarena homered and four pitchers combined on five innings of two-hit, shutout relief to boost the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory against the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in a meeting of first-place clubs.

Tyler Glasnow pitched four innings of two-run ball before giving way to the Rays' relief corps, which entered the series with an American League-best 3.05 ERA.

Tampa Bay's bullpen relay took it from there, paced by J.P. Feyereisen, who contributed two innings of scoreless relief with a pair of strikeouts to earn the victory, improving to 3-2.

Pete Fairbanks pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his third save as the Rays won for the seventh time in eight games.

Despite turning in a quality start, White Sox right-hander Lance Lynn took the loss, spacing three runs and six hits in six innings. Lynn (7-2) walked three and struck out eight as his ERA rose to 1.51.

Tim Anderson had two of Chicago's five hits. The White Sox went 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position while stranding four men on base.

Tampa Bay jumped out to a 2-0 lead four batters into the game, as Meadows smacked his 15th home run of the season to score Arozarena, who reached on a one-out double, one of his two hits.

The Rays added to their advantage in the third on Lowe's solo shot to right field.

Chicago responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning. The White Sox got on the board when Leury Garcia scored from third on a Glasnow wild pitch with Anderson at bat. Following an Anderson double, Brian Goodwin delivered an RBI single to left to bring Chicago within 3-2.

Arozarena hit a solo homer in the eighth before the Rays added an insurance run in the ninth. A Brett Phillips single led to an error from White Sox reliever Jose Ruiz that scored Taylor Walls on a play.

Joey Wendle also had two hits for the Rays.

--Field Level Media