NEW YORK – For the second consecutive day, the White Sox had a game to forget. They battled the Yankees for four innings and were down by one run. By the time the game ended, the White Sox were pounded, 10-5, on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.
But center fielder Everson Pereira gave an example of why the White Sox are fun to watch in 2026. The team was down seven runs when he made a spectacular catch worth talking about.
With two outs in the seventh inning, runners at the corners and White Sox right-hander Trevor Richards on the mound, Ben Rice hit a ball deep to left-center field that looked like a guaranteed double. But Pereira made an all-out leaping, backhanded catch and then smashed into the wall.
Pereira stayed on the ground for several minutes, but he got up on his own power and walked off the field before leaving the game for pinch-hitter Tristan Peters in the eighth. Pereira’s condition wasn’t known.
The 25-year-old Pereira – who was signed by the Yankees out of Venezuela in 2017 – is in his first season with the White Sox after being acquired from the Rays in a November trade.