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The White Sox were hoping for an offensive jolt at a stagnant position when they designated catcher Reese McGuire<\/b> for assignment last weekend and recalled Drew Romo<\/b>, a 24-year-old offseason waiver claim who hit .298\/.385\/.561 in 17 games at Charlotte.<\/p>\n
But they couldn\u2019t have expected what Romo delivered Tuesday against the Angels. He belted the first two home runs of his career \u2014 and the first two home runs by a Sox catcher this year.<\/p>\n
The switch-hitting Romo smashed a two-run blast from the left side of the plate off Angels ace Jose Soriano<\/b> in the fourth inning.<\/p>\n
Then the new arrival took reliever Brent Suter<\/b> deep in the sixth inning from the right side of the plate, making Romo the first Sox player to homer from both sides in a game since Leury Garcia<\/b> did it against the Twins on July 25, 2020.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the game, Soriano had surrendered just the second run he\u2019d allowed on the season, on a solo homer by Colson Montgomery<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Sox right-hander Davis Martin<\/b> turned in another solid start, giving up an RBI single to Jo Adell in the fourth and scattering six other hits across 5 \u2154 innings with seven strikeouts and a walk.<\/p>\n
The Sox nearly squandered a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the seventh inning but got one over when Sam Antonacci<\/b> barely got hit by a pitch from Jos\u00e9 Fermin<\/b> to force in a run. It was welcome insurance before reliever Jordan Leasure <\/b>gave up a solo homer to left fielder Josh Lowe<\/b> in the eighth.<\/p>\n
Closer Seranthony Dominguez<\/b> shut down the Angels in the ninth.<\/p>\n
The Sox had been saddled with a major-league-worst .443 OPS at the position entering the game, more than 150 points behind the next-worst catching crew in that category.<\/p>\n
Primary catcher Edgar Quero<\/b> hasn\u2019t made the most of his full-time audition in place of injured Kyle Teel<\/b>, slashing a paltry .169\/.286\/.185 with one extra-base hit, a double.<\/p>\nMore outfield pain<\/h3>\n
Right fielder Everson Pereira<\/b> left the game with soreness in his right shoulder and is considered day-to-day.<\/p>\n
Pereira, who spent a week on the injured list earlier this season with a sprained ankle, has provided some much-needed pop in the Sox\u2019 outfield, hitting .250\/.310\/.453 with three homers. He\u2019s also a team leader in fun facts as the only player in MLB history with the first name \u2018\u2018Everson.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n