Rahimi, Harris & Grote Show
White Sox impress in winning series against Dodgers (Hour 1)
15 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What were the highlights of the White Sox series against the Dodgers?
The views and opinions of Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, and Mark Grody should not be taken too seriously. Especially when they give advice. Do not take Marshall's analogies literally. Especially when it comes to Russell Dorsey. The sports thoughts of Rahimi, Harris, and Grody may change at any time. It's just sports. Okay, thanks, bye.
Rahimi Harrison-Grody, 10-2 on 104.3 The Score. How confident are you in that the Cubs can win the series against the Giants? And how confident are you that they can sweep them? I am not confident that the Cubs can sweep the Giants. I would like for them to win the series against the Giants. That would go a long way with me.
But I am not confident that they can sweep or take the series, especially with the Giants being at home. The Cubs are due. I'm very confident they're going to win the series against the Giants. Mainly because they're due. And here's what I mean when I say that. They've gone 10 straight series without a series win.
No, I don't think they're going to sweep. I do think they can win the series, despite the last time they played the Giants. 1-1.
Bush swings, drills one deep in the air to right. Down the line it goes.
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Chapter 2: What concerns do the hosts express about the Cubs' performance?
If it's fair, it's gone. It's gone. Huge home run for Michael Bush. A three-run shot down the right field line. And the Cubs go up 5-0 over the Giants. Here on the fifth. Giants still down to their last strike. The 2-2. Strike three. Call ball game over. The Cubs have beaten the Giants by a score of 5-1. Cubs leadoff man is Pete Crow Armstrong.
Leadoff man brought to you by Benny's Beverage Depot. First pitch. Hit in the air. Deep left. Back toward the fence. That ball is going to be gone. I said, that is hammered. Left field. Way back. And gone. Ian Hatt will touch them all. Ramirez hits a high fly ball. Deep center field. Going back. Gilbert. He looks up. Gone. Pedro Ramirez with his first major league home run.
It was a shot to straightaway center field. Maton. Up the middle. Swanson. Gathers it in. And throws him out. That's your ball game. Cubs win. J.D., it's three in a row. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Flip that narrative. There's a fly ball to shallow right. Jung-Hoo Lee makes a running catch. And the ball game is over. The Giants beat the Cubs today by a score of 5-1. Fun is winning. Winning is fun.
I believe have fun first, then you win. Then you got more fun in the clubhouse. Layla Rahimi, Marshall Harris, Mark Grody. Middays 10 a.m. to 2 on Chicago Sports Radio. 104.3 The Score.
It is nice to be able to say safely. That this was a successful weekend of baseball for both of our teams here in Chicago. We welcome you in to Rahimi Harris and Grody on 104.3 The Score. It was so successful that I believe Marshall Harris, were you giving yourself the touchdown sign during the open for the success that the Cubs had this weekend?
you of little faith I said yeah they're definitely going to win the series the odds were in their favor and I said they'll have a chance to sweep guess what they won the first two games they had a chance to sweep they fell on their face
Yesterday. Yes. Yes. There was a face falling yesterday. They got back to their old habits of negative rispy is what I call it. Zero for six with runners in scoring position for the Cubs yesterday. And Logan Webb, who stayed in the game, stayed in the game, looked like Logan Webb.
One run over eight innings, that's not ideal when you're a team looking to get a win. You probably want to get the starting pitcher on out of there before eight innings have been completed.
Yes, but they take two out of three, so that was nice for the Cubs. And then there is, and I use this word in the best of ways, in the greatest city in the world here, Chicago. This was a wonderfully hyper, hyper series at home for the White Sox against the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers, from whom the White Sox take two out of three. That just blast of a game on Friday night.
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Chapter 3: How did the Cubs fare against the Giants in their recent series?
You just beat the two teams with the best records in all of baseball, in the Atlanta Braves and the Dodgers, back to back. You went 4-1 on your homestand. You have this, what was supposed to be the most difficult two weeks of your season, going up against the Phillies on the road, then the Braves and the Dodgers at home, and now finally the Yankees series, which starts tomorrow in New York.
And we were like, if they could just find a way, first of all, don't get swept. That's how you stay in position as a wildcard team or whatever. Second of all, you know, finish 500. If you can finish 500, you're going to be right where you started, which is about somewhere between four to six games over 500. They've done that successfully.
And unless they get swept, so back to the original, don't get swept. Unless they get swept by the Yankees, they're going to finish this stretch with an above 500 record. That is phenomenal because they don't have Munataka Murakami. And when you add in the factor that we just found out that Jose Ramirez is out indefinitely with a broken hamate bone. In his hand. It's very simple to me.
The expectations have gone from even, hey, maybe they're a playoff potential team to the White Sox, they should win the AL Central.
Chapter 4: What was the significance of the Cubs' struggles with runners in scoring position?
They should win the AL Central. The team that is your primary competition doesn't have their best player. The team that people thought might be the leaders in the division are well below 500 in the Detroit Tigers. The Royals aren't doing anything. Look around. It's your division to win. Go out and win this division.
And all you have to do is keep playing like you've been playing for the last two weeks. Really, for the first couple of months of the season. And you will force Chris Getz to go out and get you better arms because the offense is here, baby. And the offense ain't going nowhere.
Okay. Man, that sixth inning. I think that's their second biggest inning this year. They did have a nine-run inning on the road earlier this year. But a sixth-run sixth with three homers in that inning. And all of the home runs were interesting. Sam Antonacci. He gets the home run. His first home run to actually go over the wall, his first home run was at Inside the Parker.
So that's kind of a first of sorts as Sam Antonacci comes through. And it was right after he was pissed off over a failed challenge, kind of mad at himself. It was a bad challenge. It was a bad challenge. Then he's like, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to just go ahead and hit a home run. I'm not going to do this a lot, hit home runs.
I'll get hit by pitches, but I'm not really into hitting home runs because that's not Sam Antonacci, man. That's not his style. He's too grindy to be doing things like that. But Sam Antonacci, he leaves the park for the first time. Colson Montgomery, your guy, with a two-run blast, two-run home runs, never go out of style. And then Chase. I love Chase Meidroth home runs. I love home runs.
Even Sam. When they come from unexpected guys, guys who hit less than, fewer than 10 home runs in a year, there's nothing more epic than Scott Podsednik hitting the home run that he hit, obviously. You think about guys like that where it's just so improbable. But Chase Meidroth going opposite field with a two-run homer that just cleared the wall. So you are right, dear Marshall Harris.
The offense looks pretty steady. And I'll tell you what, the bullpen looked okay yesterday. Stop. No. When Sir Anthony Dominguez came into that game. Hold on. Hold on. Let's talk about that. But who I am saying specifically, because I knew this was going to slip through the cracks. Sean Newcomb shined, shined. Two and a third, no runs, no hits, four strikeouts.
Now, let's take you to Sir Anthony Dominguez.
So, you know, I know you were watching the game in our respective locations. And, you know, I was hunkered.
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Chapter 5: What were the standout performances from the White Sox players?
It was his turn to hit the homer.
He had his 87th.
first inning home run of his career that's how he started the game so how you doing freddie good so i'm thinking is this gonna come full circle and this dude's gonna give the dodgers a lead with a three-run bomb off sir anthony dominguez that was all plausible correct yes well and i will say that that he blew him away on that pitch to swing and miss big oh you felt that man did you feel that swing and miss i
I felt a lot of things watching the ninth inning of the White Sox game.
I didn't realize how badly this affected you. We didn't talk about this backstage. No, please. Go on. No, no, no. Let it out, Marshall. Come on, man.
Because I understand the White Sox, their strengths and their weaknesses. The strength is their offense is awful. I tried to explain this to you. I'm going to explain it right now over the air. Their offense is mob violence. And here's what I mean by that. You mentioned, oh, six runs in an inning. That's pretty good. That wasn't even the most runs they scored in an inning in the series.
Go back to Friday night when they unloaded a seven spot. My bad. Yeah. Yeah, they were down two to one at the time. And down 2-1, and then they were down 1-0, and then what happened? Violence. And here's what violence looks like, Mark. Tristan Peters, two-run triple. Here's what violence looks like. It looks like, oh, you're cute, Emichian.
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Chapter 6: How did the White Sox manage to defeat the Dodgers in the final game?
You got through the White Sox order twice and only gave up a single hit. Watch what happens round three. Round three, Antonacci, to your mention, yanks one out. How hard was the single that Miguel Vargas hit after that? It was a laser.
1-0, 1-10?
Yeah. And then Andrew Benatendi is like, I know y'all forgot about me, but I'm the highest paid White Sox free agent ever signed.
How you doing, everybody?
Double, 2-1 Sox lead. It was like, bam, bam, bam. Oh, by the way, Sheehan, you're out of the game. You're out of the game. And then no relief was offered by Jack Dwyer. He comes in immediately, calls Montgomery, hammers a pitch, right? Yeah. And then it's Braden Montgomery right behind him, another base hit. It was five straight batters, five straight hits off two different pitchers.
All those hits over 100 miles per hour on the exit velo. Oh, man. And then, and then, Chase Mydroth, to your mention. Final blow. Six straight batters, six straight hits. What was a 1-0 Dodgers lead becomes a 6-1 White Sox lead. That is what I'm talking about when I say mob violence. And I'm going to put full context. I was texting Grody, and Grody thought I was high. He was like, you're crazy.
Are you okay? No, no, I asked him if he was day drinking.
Yeah, I was not day drinking. I was on my couch, comfortable. Because here's what I realized watching. Because I got the double vision. The best thing ever is that this game was simulcast on WCIU. And then the Cubs were on ABC. You were smiling. I could hit the multi-view. And on the multi-view, I've got equal screens. I'm toggling back and forth in the audio. And I realized something.
The Cubs can hit you with their offense, but it feels like when you're getting bullied by a bunch of kids as an elementary schooler, they might hit you in the face a couple times, give you a black eye, but that's the worst they can do. Meanwhile, when the White Sox come for you, It's like the purge. They're trying to maim you and kill you.
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