Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like Rate Field for the White Sox. After losing five of six on the road to open the season, the South Siders returned home Friday to upend the Blue Jays, 5-4, on a walk-off single in the 10th by Tristan Peters off closer Jeff Hoffman in front of 33,171 fans. The opener in Chicago was moved back one day from Thursday due to the forecast of inclement weather throughout the day. Peters could recall maybe one other walk-off hit over his entire baseball career, but this connection marked his first in the Majors. The 26-year-old left-handed hitter didn’t get his first big league hit until March 28 in Milwaukee, so the first walk-off is not surprising. “Yeah, it’s been awesome playing every day so far since Opening Day,” Peters said. “It’s been great. Just getting my at-bats and seeing pitching at the big league level. It’s awesome. I’m just trying to stay consistent.” “Exciting finish. It was a rollercoaster game there,” White Sox manager Will Venable said. “Guys continued to battle, played well and got the big knock.” The White Sox were one out from losing for the sixth time in seven games, as Hoffman struck out Austin Hays to keep Miguel Vargas at third in the 10th. The Blue Jays had taken the lead in the top of the frame on a two-out throwing error by Vargas on a George Springer grounder, with first baseman Munetaka Murakami coming off the base to corral the throw and try to nab Springer. But bunting set the White Sox free. Bunting from Derek Hill, in this case. Tyler Heineman had replaced catcher Alejandro Kirk just two pitches earlier after Kirk took a foul tip from Hays off his left thumb. So Hill tested Heineman with a well-placed bunt up the third-base line. Heineman threw wildly to first, not only allowing Vargas to score the tying run but also sending the fleet-footed Hill into scoring position. The first-pitch bunt was suggested by Venable in the dugout before Hill stepped to the plate.