The White Sox were without their scheduled starting pitcher Saturday after right-hander Jonathan Cannon was scratched with tightness in his lower back. His status is day-to-day.
‘‘I kind of feel like an old man right now,’’ Cannon joked. ‘‘Obviously, this is a long season and just one of those things [where] you don’t really see it coming. You kind of wake up on the wrong side of the bed one morning, and you are like, ‘Ah, man.’
‘‘Hopefully we can get it all squared away and [be] good to go.’’
Even with their plans changed — right-hander Bryse Wilson got the start — the Sox won, pouncing on repeated defensive mistakes by the Rangers to score six runs in the sixth inning and claim a 10-5 victory.
The Rangers gifted the Sox three consecutive baserunners to start the inning, with a triple falling out of the center fielder’s glove because of a collision with a teammate, a fielding error at third base and a whiff on an attempted tag of a runner going to second making for some ugly baseball. Designated hitter Andrew Benintendi and second baseman Lenyn Sosa each doubled to drive in a combined five runs.
There were plenty of defensive miscues to go around. The Sox made two errors of their own: Left fielder Joshua Palacios dropped a fly ball, and third baseman Josh Rojas made an errant throw to second.
Palacios and right fielder Mike Tauchman homered in the victory.
Colas released
Outfielder Oscar Colas was released from the organization, a move announced by Triple-A Charlotte.
Colas, 26, was a high-profile international signing by the Sox in 2022 and figured at the time to be a big part of their future. He was given the starting right-field job out of spring training in 2023 but disappointed greatly, struggling at the plate and making repeated mistakes in the field and on the bases.
Colas hit only .216 in 75 games in 2023 and received few major-league chances after that, appearing in only 13 games as an injury fill-in last season. This season, he hit .163 in 29 games split between Double-A Birmingham and Charlotte.
It worked for Burger
If first baseman Andrew Vaughn needs a confidence boost after being demoted Friday to Charlotte being demoted Friday to Charlotte, he can talk to former teammate Jake Burger.
Now with the Rangers, Burger isn’t far removed from his own stint in the minor leagues to cure an ailing bat this season.
‘‘I went through it three weeks ago,’’ Burger said Friday. ‘‘I think it’s always a good thing to have a little reset to see if he can get back to himself. He’s a stud. I don’t expect it to be too long for him.’’