With most of the team’s young prospects on the major-league roster, showing second-half improvement is important for the next step of the Sox’ rebuild. They started strong with their first sweep of the season after Sunday’s 7-2 win,

Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman hit back-to-back home runs to spark a four-run first inning, which propelled the Chicago White Sox to a 7-2 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday afternoon.

Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman hit back-to-back homers in a four-run first inning, and the Chicago White Sox cruised to a 7-2 victory over the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates for their first series sweep this season.

PITTSBURGH — Assistant general manager Josh Barfield is still unsure if the White Sox will be active at the July 31 trade deadline. “There’s a lot of teams right now that are teetering on the line of buying or selling,” he said. “As we get closer to the deadline, we’ll have a better idea of just how active we will be.”

Preview the July 20 matchup between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox with recent trends, how to watch, livestream info, and more.

The Chicago White Sox can do something Monday that they have not achieved in more than a year when they travel to play the Tampa Bay Rays. Chicago comes out of the All-Star break having recorded its first sweep of the season,