The Chicago White Sox erased a four-run deficit and beat the New York Mets 6-4 on Friday, August 21, 2026, at Rate Field, capped by a two-run, walk-off home run from catcher Jake Rogers with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Key facts
- Final score: White Sox 6, Mets 4
- Walk-off hit: Jake Rogers’ two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth
- Where: Rate Field, Chicago, on “Elvis Night”
- When: Friday, August 21, 2026
- Attendance/length: 31,599 fans; game lasted 2 hours, 23 minutes
- Standings: MLB.com’s recap said the White Sox were leading the AL Central, with 34 games remaining
The walk-off homer
Rogers’ homer came off Mets reliever Jefry Yan on a 98.1 mph fastball, breaking a 4-4 tie and ending the game immediately. It was Rogers’ first home run since he was claimed off waivers from the Boston Red Sox the week before. The loss was Yan’s first in seven major league appearances, dropping his career record to 1-1.
Mets built an early lead
The Mets had built a 4-0 lead through the fifth inning on a Marcus Semien RBI single, a two-run double from Brett Baty and a solo home run by Bo Bichette.
White Sox answer with three straight homers
Chicago answered in the sixth. Miguel Vargas turned on a pitch from Mets starter Sean Manaea for a two-run homer, his 29th of the season, cutting the deficit to 4-2. Randal Grichuk went deep next, a solo shot and his 11th of the year, making it 4-3. Then Colson Montgomery homered too — his 27th — tying the game at 4-4 and completing three home runs in a row off Manaea. It was the second time this season Chicago has strung together three consecutive home runs — the first came April 21 at Arizona, when Munetaka Murakami, Vargas and Montgomery went deep in a row during an 11-5 win.
Pitching
White Sox starter Sean Burke allowed four runs over six innings, striking out four without walking a batter. In relief, G. Taylor worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth to pick up the win, improving to 5-2 on the season.
A homecoming for Robert Jr.
Luis Robert Jr., traded from the White Sox to the Mets in a January 2026 deal, played against his former team at Rate Field for the first time since the trade.
A mixed week for Chicago
The win came after a mixed week for Chicago: the White Sox beat the crosstown Cubs 3-0 at Wrigley Field on August 19 to salvage the finale of that series. They then lost 2-0 to the Atlanta Braves on August 20, when Atlanta’s Grant Holmes carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning.
The Mets finished with eight hits to Chicago’s six, but the White Sox scored four runs in the sixth and two in the ninth.