Luis Robert Jr. hits 100th career homer late in White Sox' 8-3 loss to Mariners

SEATTLE — Luis Robert Jr. hit the 100th home run of his career and Colson Montgomery continued his early career heater with another solo blast, but the offense came too late in the White Sox' 8-3 series-opening loss Tuesday to the high-powered Mariners.

First baseman Lenyn Sosa got the Sox on the board in the first inning of the series opener with a 392-foot home run over the left-field wall, but Seattle knotted it up the next inning with a homer from Seattle right fielder Dominic Canzone.

Seattle continued to pounce on Sox starter Davis Martin as their trade-deadline trophy Eugenio Suarez swatted a two-run homer in the fourth. Martin couldn’t escape Seattle’s three-run sixth inning, ending his night with five innings of six-run ball with two walks and five strikeouts.

Seattle added two more on a homer from off newly claimed Sox reliever Bryan Hudson, while Mariners’ starter Bryan Woo dominated the Sox with nine strikeouts over seven innings.

Robert's career milestone came in the ninth off Mariners' reliever Jackson Kowar, who also surrendered a solo shot to Montgomery for the eighth home run of his rookie campaign, all of which have come in the last twelve games.

Robert, who just a week ago seemed likely to be shipped away from the Sox at the trade deadline, said he wished he'd been able to hit the 100-homer mark earlier in a six-year career that has been tripped up by injuries.

"It wasn't as fast as it could have been," Robert said through a translator. "But it's always special to have that mark."

The Sox are now 10-6 since the All-Star break, with Tuesday’s blowout following a loss to the Angels on Sunday that saw them cough up a 5-0 lead.

Martin said this year's new-look Sox aren't losing their momentum.

"Even in losses, you're going to learn things," he said of coming up short against the wild card-contending M's. "I just don't think there's a complacency anymore. We think we can come in here and win a series."