Jake Rogers walks off White Sox past Mets 6-4

The White Sox dug themselves a real hole against the Mets, falling behind 4-0 by the sixth inning at Rate Field. Brett Baty had a hand in building that cushion, driving in a run as New York's lead climbed to 3-1 early.

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Baty bringing em around!

Then Chicago decided the deficit didn't matter. Miguel Vargas got things going with a two-run shot, and from there the White Sox just kept going deep — Randal Grichuk added a solo homer, and Colson Montgomery capped it with a third straight blast to knot the game at 4-4. Three swings, three homers, one tie ballgame.

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BACK. TO BACK. TO BACK. NO QUIT IN THESE CHICAGO WHITE SOX AND WE’VE GOT A TIE BALLGAME.

That set up a ninth inning nobody saw coming. With two outs and pinch-runner Braden Montgomery aboard, Jake Rogers — a catcher who's been on four different rosters since late July — stepped in against Mets reliever Jefry Yan. He fouled off an elevated fastball, then turned on a 98 mph pitch and pulled it into the power alley in left for a walk-off, two-run homer and a 6-4 White Sox win, their 10th walk-off of the season.

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WHERE WERE YOU FOR THE JAKE ROGERS WALK-OFF HOMER?!?!? WHITE SOX WIN!

The backstory makes it even better. Rogers joined the White Sox on August 14 via waiver claim from the Red Sox, capping a stretch that saw him bounce from Detroit to Baltimore to Boston to Chicago in roughly three weeks — a run that reportedly shattered a 122-year-old MLB record for fastest four-team tour, previously held since 1904. Six years into his career, he called the homer one of the biggest hits he's had.

Naturally, someone in the crowd walked away with a souvenir. A fan caught the walk-off ball with both hands amid the scramble in the stands — reportedly at the cost of everything spilling out of her purse in the process.

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She may have lost everything in her purse but at least she got the Jake Rogers walk-off ball!

For a White Sox team that's found ways to win close ones all year, adding a journeyman catcher who's already made history just by getting to Chicago feels fitting. The comeback from four down, the string of homers, and the ninth-inning finish from a guy who barely knows his own locker combination yet made for one of the wilder nights of the season on the South Side.