Jose Contreras got his first win as a starter in two months and rookie Josh Fields put the White Sox ahead with Chicago’s fourth home run of the seventh inning in a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Monday. Contreras (7-16), who leads the major leagues in losses, had dropped nine straight starts since beating Florida on June 18 and had lost 13 of 14.
— The game was a makeup of a May 26 rainout and was played before thousands of empty seats at U.S. Cellular Field. Announced attendance was 37,030.
— Charles Albert “Chuck” Comiskey II, grandson and namesake of the White Sox founder and a former front-office executive and co-owner during the “Go Go Sox” years in the 1950s, has died. He was 81.
NEXT SERIES
At Texas
Tuesday: 7:35 p.m., CSN+/CLTVRH Gavin Floyd (1-2, 7.36 ERA) vs. LH Kason Gabbard (6-1, 3.65)
Wednesday: 7:35 p.m., WCIU
RH Jon Garland (8-10, 4.90) vs. RH Kameron Loe (6-10, 5.53)
Thursday: 7:35 p.m., CSN
LH John Danks (6-12, 5.51) vs. RH Kevin Millwood (8-11, 5.31)
— Gavin Floyd has a 7.97 ERA as a starter and has yielded 12 homers in 33 innings.
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