| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 5-3 | 1-2 | 4-1 |
| Game 2 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0-3 |
| Game 3 | 2-5 | 1-0 | 1-5 |
| Game 4 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 1-2 |
| Game 2 | 4-3 | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Game 3 | 5-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Game 4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Team | R | H | E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
|
|
11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chi. White Sox Pitcher
A. Kay
(L)
Arizona Pitcher
E. Rodriguez
(W)
| Team | ML | O/U (Margin) | ATS (Margin) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
+128 | 9o (9) | +1.5 |
|
|
-152 | 9u | -1.5 (2.5) |
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Meidroth | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| M. Vargas | 3B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .193 |
| M. Murakami | 1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .256 |
| E. Pereira | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .295 |
| E. Quero | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .161 |
| C. Montgomery | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .212 |
| T. Murray | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .208 |
| S. Antonacci | PH -LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| D. Hill | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| T. Peters | PH -CF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .260 |
| L. Acuna | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .190 |
| A. Benintendi | PH -RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .203 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 | ||
Battling
Baserunning
Fielding
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Marte | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .228 |
| C. Carroll | RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .312 |
| G. Perdomo | SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .260 |
| L. Gurriel Jr. | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .063 |
| J. Fernandez | DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .313 |
| N. Arenado | 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| I. Vargas | 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .364 |
| J. McCann | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .216 |
| J. Barrosa | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| Totals | 38 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||
Battling
Baserunning
Fielding
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Kay (L 1-1) | 3 .2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5.57 |
| J. Hicks | 0 .1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 |
| B. Hudson | 1 .0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.69 |
| L. Sims | 1 .0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 |
| S. Newcomb | 2 .0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.60 |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Rodriguez (W 2-0) | 5 .0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2.89 |
| T. Clarke | 1 .0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.55 |
| R. Thompson | 1 .0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.66 |
| J. Morillo | 1 .0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.38 |
| P. Sewald | 1 .0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.93 |
Location Chase Field
Temperature 82° Temperature
Attendance 20,799 attendance
Home Jeremie Rehak
1st Cory Blaser
2nd Adam Beck
3rd Doug Eddings
| Date | Home | Result | ML | O/U | CHW Starter (IP) | AZ Starter (IP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, '26 | AZ |
|
CHW +122 | o9.5 | S. Burke (6.0) | M. Kelly (4.1) |
| Jun 25, '25 | CHW |
|
CHW +133 | o8.0 | S. Burke (5.0) | Z. Gallen (5.1) |
| Jun 24, '25 | CHW |
|
AZ -117 | u8.5 | J. Leasure (1.0) | R. Nelson (5.0) |
| Jun 23, '25 | CHW |
|
AZ -132 | o9.5 | H. Smith (2.0) | E. Rodriguez (6.0) |
| Jun 16, '24 | AZ |
|
AZ -169 | o9.0 | D. Thorpe (3.1) | J. Montgomery (5.0) |
| Jun 15, '24 | AZ |
|
CHW +152 | o8.5 | E. Fedde (6.0) | S. McGough (2.1) |
| Jun 14, '24 | AZ |
|
AZ -184 | u9.0 | C. Flexen (3.1) | R. Nelson (6.0) |
| Sep 28, '23 | CHW |
|
CHW +165 | u9.0 | T. Toussaint (4.0) | B. Jarvis (2.2) |
| Sep 27, '23 | CHW |
|
AZ -185 | u9.0 | L. Patino (2.1) | B. Pfaadt (5.2) |
| Sep 26, '23 | CHW |
|
AZ -153 | o9.0 | J. Urena (4.0) | Z. Davies (3.0) |
Last Meeting ( Apr 21, 2026 ) Chi. White Sox 11, Arizona 5
When left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez struck out the United States' Byron Buxton with a two-strike changeup in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic, the Diamondbacks came to attention.
"I thought, ‘Well, we got it,'" said Arizona manager Torey Lovullo, who was texting with D-backs pitching coach Rick Kaplan during the game. "We've got to find that pitch for him.
"Make him keep throwing it."
He has. Rodriguez (1-0, 1.96 ERA) gave up one hit in 4 1/3 scoreless innings to help Venezuela to the WBC title on March 17, and the changeup has become a greater part of his repertoire this season.
Rodriguez, who is 5-0 in his career against the Chicago White Sox, is to face Sox left-hander Anthony Kay (1-0, 2.60) in the second contest of a three-game series in Phoenix on Wednesday.
The White Sox clubbed four homers, including Munetaka Murakami's ninth of the season and fourth in as many games, in an 11-5 victory Tuesday. They have 11 homers in the last three games and have won three of four.
"He makes the adjustments that he needs to," White Sox manager Will Venable said of Murakami. "Obviously, he's having a lot of success. We're seeing really good plate discipline. Obviously, the power is incredible. He's a guy that is getting more and more comfortable every day."
Rodriguez's unenviable task is to slow Murakami down.
Rodriguez has thrown the changeup about 34% of the time in his first four starts, almost double its usage rate that in his previous nine seasons, according to Fangraphs. He also has thrown more curveballs, a pitch he developed last season, while cutting back on the fastball.
"It's not really the changeup," Rodriguez said. "It's how I get to the changeup. Sometimes I use it more because that's what the games tells me to do. It's more about executing all the pitches. It's about the mix."
Rodriguez did not give up an earned run in his first two starts and won his third outing before receiving a no-decision the last time out, when he gave up a season-high four runs in five innings of an 8-5, 10-inning Arizona victory at Baltimore.
"The pitch for me that's making a big difference is the changeup," Lovullo said. "He came back with an eagerness to throw it. He's getting a lot of real good weak contact or swing and miss.
"He's got a great feel for the baseball. Better than anybody I've seen, he and Merrill (Kelly) can throw it where they want to and at the speed they are looking for. The change has allowed him to be a pitcher."
Rodriguez last faced the White Sox on June 23, 2025, when he threw six scoreless innings and struck out 10 in a 10-0 victory. It was his 11th career start against them.
Kay picked up his only victory of the season with 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a 2-0 decision at Kansas City on April 9, his second start.
The win broke the White Sox's three-game losing streak and an even longer streak for Kay, whose last major league victory was June 24, 2021, when he threw five scoreless innings in Toronto's 5-0 decision over Baltimore.
Kay spent the 2024-25 seasons with Yokohama of the Japan's Central League.
Like Rodriguez, Kay uses a changeup in a fastball-slider mix.
"The story for him is really the off-speed stuff in the zone," Venable said.
--Field Level Media
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Hill | RF | Day To Day - Back( May 30, '26) | May 30, '26 | |
| Hill is not in Sunday's (May. 31) game against Detroit due to upper back tightness. | ||||
| J. Leasure | RP | Sixty Day IL - Flexor( May 29, '26) | May 29, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox transferred RHP Jordan Leasure to the 60-day injured list with a right flexor strain. | ||||
| M. Murakami | 1B | Ten Day IL - Hamstring( May 29, '26) | May 29, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox placed INF Munetaka Murakami on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. | ||||
| N. Schultz | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Knee( May 24, '26) | May 24, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox placed LHP Noah Schultz on the 15-day injured list with a right knee patellar tendinitis. | ||||
| J. Hicks | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Lat( May 22, '26) | May 22, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox placed RHP Jordan Hicks on the 15-day injured list due to right lat strain. | ||||
| K. Teel | C | Sixty Day IL - Hamstring( May 18, '26) | May 18, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox transferred C Kyle Teel from the 10-day injured list to 60-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. | ||||
| A. Hays | LF | Ten Day IL - Calf( May 03, '26) | May 03, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox placed OF Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list due to left calf strain. | ||||
| T. Murray | LF | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( May 03, '26) | May 03, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox transferred INF Tanner Murray to the 60-day injured list with a left shoulder dislocation and fracture. | ||||
| E. Pereira | RF | Ten Day IL - Shoulder( Apr 28, '26) | Apr 28, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox placed OF Everson Pereira on the 10-day injured list with a right pectoral strain. | ||||
| P. Berroa | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Apr 17, '26) | Apr 17, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox transferred RHP Prelander Berroa to the 60-day injured list as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. | ||||
| B. Baldwin | LF | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Apr 07, '26) | Apr 07, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox transferred OF Brooks Baldwin from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with a right elbow sprain. | ||||
| M. Vasil | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Apr 06, '26) | Apr 06, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox transferred RHP Mike Vasil from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. | ||||
| D. Thorpe | SP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Mar 24, '26) | Mar 24, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox transferred RHP Drew Thorpe to the 60-day injured list as he recovers from Tommy John surgery. | ||||
| K. Bush | SP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Feb 09, '26) | Feb 09, '26 | |
| The Chicago White Sox placed LHP Ky Bush on the 60-day injured list due to elbow problems following his Tommy John surgery. | ||||
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Gurriel Jr. | LF | Ten Day IL - Hamstring( May 22, '26) | May 22, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks placed OF Lourdes Gurriel on the 10-day injured list. | ||||
| J. McCann | C | Ten Day IL - Quad( May 18, '26) | May 18, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks placed C James McCann on the 10-day injured list with a quad strain. | ||||
| P. Smith | 1B | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Apr 13, '26) | Apr 13, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks transferred INF Pavin Smith to the 60-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. | ||||
| C. Santana | 1B | Ten Day IL - Groin( Apr 06, '26) | Apr 06, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks placed INF Carlos Santana on the 10-day injured list with strained right adductor. | ||||
| J. Lawlar | LF | Sixty Day IL - Wrist( Apr 06, '26) | Apr 06, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks transferred INF Jordan Lawlar from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with a fractured right wrist. | ||||
| C. Mena | SP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Mar 24, '26) | Mar 24, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks placed RHP Cristian Mena on the 60-day injured list with strained right shoulder. | ||||
| B. Walston | SP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Mar 24, '26) | Mar 24, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks placed LHP Blake Walston on the 60-day injured list following left ulnar collateral ligament surgery. | ||||
| C. Burnes | SP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Feb 14, '26) | Feb 14, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks placed RHP Corbin Burnes on the 60-day injured list as he recovers from right ulnar collateral ligament surgery. | ||||
| A. Puk | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Feb 14, '26) | Feb 14, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks placed LHP A.J. Puk on the 60-day injured list. | ||||
| J. Martinez | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Feb 13, '26) | Feb 13, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks placed RHP Justin Martinez on the 60-day injured list as he recovers from right ulnar collateral ligament surgery. | ||||
| A. Saalfrank | RP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Feb 09, '26) | Feb 09, '26 | |
| The Arizona Diamondbacks placed LHP Andrew Saalfrank on the 60-day injured list following his shoulder surgery. | ||||
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Apr 09, '26
KC 0 - CHW 2
|
W +150 | u9.0 | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 17.6 | 1.0 |
|
Mar 29, '26
MIL 9 - CHW 7
|
L +140 | o7.5 | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 92 | 19.7 | 6.0 |
|
Jun 24, '21
TOR 9 - BAL 0
|
W -194 | u11.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 19.0 | 1.0 |
|
May 21, '21
TOR 7 - TB 9
|
L +139 | o9.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 91 | 22.8 | 0.0 |
|
May 15, '21
TOR 4 - PHI 0
|
W +127 | u10.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 19.8 | 0.5 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 4.2 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 5.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 91.4 | 19.8 | 1.7 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Kay has not played against AZ Diamondbacks. | ||||||||||||
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Apr 15, '26
BAL 5 - AZ 8
|
W +116 | o9.0 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 19.6 | 0.4 |
|
Apr 09, '26
NYM 1 - AZ 7
|
W +158 | o6.5 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 102 | 17.0 | 1.2 |
|
Apr 03, '26
AZ 0 - ATL 2
|
L -102 | u9.0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 12.9 | 2.8 |
|
Mar 28, '26
LAD 3 - AZ 2
|
L +198 | u8.5 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 15.8 | 2.5 |
|
Sep 27, '25
SD 5 - AZ 1
|
L +146 | u7.5 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 95 | 15.8 | 2.3 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 5.2 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 92.8 | 16.2 | 1.8 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jun 23, '25
CHW 0 - AZ 10
|
W -132 | o9.5 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 15.3 | 0.0 |
|
Sep 01, '23
CHW 2 - DET 4
|
W -127 | u8.5 | 6.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 103 | 15.5 | 1.7 |
|
May 28, '23
DET 6 - CHW 5
|
W +100 | o8.0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 100 | 16.7 | 1.5 |
| Last 3 Avg. | 6.0 | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 98.3 | 15.8 | 1.1 |