One of the best wins of the year by far,” Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable called Wednesday’s 11-9 defeat of the Tampa Bay Rays.

Stuart Fairchild, the versatile outfielder acquired from the Braves Tuesday for cash considerations, will have to wait to make his Rays debut. Fairchild, also a solid platoon bat against left-handed pitching,

The White Sox have scored 35 runs during the current four-game win streak. Coincidentally, that’s their most runs in any four-game stretch since the aforementioned four-game win streak in September of 2022, when they scored 38 runs. With their record at 36-65, the White Sox are 29 games below .500 for the first time since July 5.