The good feeling emanating from two consecutive series wins and three series victories of the past four took another hit as the White Sox lost, 7-3, to the Cubs before 40,134 fans at Wrigley Field. Here are three takeaways from Game 2 of the weekend set.

The White Sox were stymied in their efforts to win their third in a row yesterday as they were smacked by the Reds, 7-1. The Sox managed just four hits off Nick Martinez and a couple of Reds’ relievers. Miguel Vargas had two of the four hits for Chicago.

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Vargas, who hit a solo home run in the fourth, didn’t take kindly to the pitch and let Keller know without saying a word. He glared at Keller as umpire Jeremie Rehak walked between them.