Overview

• Miguel Vargas opened the scoring with a two-run first-inning homer, his 15th of the season.
• Davis Martin worked six innings and allowed three runs on six hits with four strikeouts.
• Former White Sox starter Dylan Cease surrendered four runs across six innings in his first start against Chicago.
• Curtis Mead and Will Robertson delivered go-ahead RBI singles in the fourth after Mike Tauchman and Edgar Quero were hit by pitches.
• Rookie Grant Taylor handled the ninth for his fifth save as San Diego dropped a second straight in its playoff pursuit.