“For Vargas, to make some adjustments, to work as hard as he’s been working, and to see those adjustments pay off the last two days has been great,” manager Will Venable said.

Gage Workman was traded across town, the Cubs moving on from another option as they try to figure out the hot corner.

Robert is showing marginal improvement at the plate with better swing decisions and has more than doubled his walk rate from 6.6% to 13.5%.

Baldwin's two-run homer not enough in 6-5 loss.

The White Sox were able to somewhat salvage the Minnesota portion of the 10-game road trip, notching a 3-0 win against the Twins to avoid a sweep and improve to 2-11 on the road following a one hour rain delay.

Smith threw five scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk with a career-high seven strikeouts in the Sox' 3-0 shutout win.

The Sox led 3-0 in the eighth inning before the delay.