Kyren Paris homered on the first pitch he saw after a lengthy rain delay to help rally the Angels to a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox.

For the White Sox, Saturday’s starting catcher was Matt Thaiss, the Angels’ former first-round draft pick in 2016, who spent six years with the organization. They also have three former Angels coaches — Matt Wise, Marcus Thames and Drew Butera — on their staff. And former Angels manager Phil Nevin is in Chicago’s front office.

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox host the Los Angeles Angels for the season opener. Chicago went 41-121 overall and 23-58 in home games a season ago. The White Sox pitching staff put up a 4.69 ERA collectively last season while averaging 8.7 strikeouts and 4.1 walks per nine innings.

Yoán Moncada drove in the game’s lone run against his former team with an infield single in the eighth inning Saturday as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 1-0.

Jose Soriano delivered seven shutout innings and Taylor Ward and Luis Rengifo had two hits apiece to help the Los Angeles Angels blank the host Chicago White Sox 1-0 on Saturday.

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Kyren Paris homered on the first pitch he saw after a lengthy rain delay and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Sunday. Paris — a second-round pick in 2019 — hit his first home run this year after hitting one last season in 51 at-bats.

The game was paused with the game tied 1-1 in the seventh inning. The National Weather Service has issued a severe weather warning for Chicago and the area surrounding Rate Field.