Tristan Peters hits walk-off home run to lift White Sox over Mets, 2-1

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News on Aug 23, 2026

Published in Baseball

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There are few things Carson Benge enjoys more than using that cannon of an arm he has in the outfield to throw out runners on the basepaths. But when Andrew Benintendi‘s fly ball to right field took a hop off the fence at Rate Field in the bottom of the eighth on Sunday afternoon, Benge couldn’t run it down as quickly as he probably would have liked.

His throw home was just barely on time, but it was off target. It was ruled an RBI double for Benintendi off right-hander Daniel Duarte, and Miguel Vargas scored to break a scoreless tie between the Mets and the Chicago White Sox in the rubber game. The White Sox went on to win 2-1, with Tristan Peters hitting a walk-off homer off right-hander Kodai Senga in the bottom of the ninth. It was their second walk-off win of the series.

Rookie center fielder A.J. Ewing nearly nabbed the ball over the fence.

The White Sox are a team the Mets should look to emulate. Only two years ago, the team broke MLB’s record for the most losses in a season in the modern era of baseball with 121. The Mets had previously set that mark in the club’s first year, going 40-120. Now, the Sox sit atop the AL Central standings at 68-62, on pace for the playoffs for the first time since 2021.

They changed the culture of a franchise that had been content with losing in fewer than two years with a group of young position players who brought new energy, veteran pitching and a rookie manager, Will Venable, who has instilled confidence in the group.

The Mets (59-72) are getting plenty of energy from their rising young players like Benge, Ewing and Sunday’s starting pitcher, right-hander Nolan McLean. They’ve played much better baseball since the trade deadline, and they can use this stretch to build towards 2027.

The top of the Mets’ order rallied in the top of the ninth, and it was Benge, an NL Rookie of the Year candidate, who sparked that rally with a one-out single off right-hander Grant Taylor.

Benge hit a fly ball to left field. The White Sox had replaced Sam Antonacci, a converted outfielder whose defensive inexperience showed earlier in the game. Chicago was playing to protect a one-run lead, so it made sense to move Tristan Peters from center field to left.

But Peters was playing too far toward the middle, and Benge’s opposite-field flare dropped down near the foul line for a single.

Luis Robert Jr., who came up with the White Sox, walked to put two on for Jared Young, who is having a career season and has been one of the Mets’ better hitters with runners in scoring position. He came through once again, working ahead 3-1, before singling up the center to score the speedy Benge.

Francisco Alvarez struck out, and Marcus Semien walked to load the bases. Taylor got Ewing swinging on a 99-mph fastball for the first out.

With one out in the ninth, Peters sent a fastball 406 feet over the fence. It was a valiant effort by the Mets, even if the comeback was cut short.

McLean held the White Sox to only one hit over six innings. He walked four to give them chances, but he struck out six. Chicago used an opener, left-hander Sean Newcomb, before going to right-hander Eric Fedde as the bulk reliever who tossed four innings, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out two.