SAN DIEGO — The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 MLB document of 120 losses by the 1962 growth New York Mets on Sunday when the San Diego Padres gained 4-2 by rallying for 3 runs within the eighth inning, capped by Fernando Tatis Jr.’s towering house run.
The White Sox (36-120) had taken a 2-1 lead on house runs by Korey Lee and Miguel Vargas off Yu Darvish, however that lead rapidly disappeared within the eighth.
This defeat got here a day after the White Sox tied the American League document of 119 losses set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers.
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders maintain the most important league document for losses at 20-134.
Interim supervisor Grady Sizemore didn’t handle the staff afterward.
“No loss is nice,” he stated. “It’s not one thing that we’re centered on. I feel everybody exterior this clubhouse is extra obsessive about it than us. The way in which we spin is to place this one behind us and prepare for the sequence again house.”
With another loss of their remaining six video games, the White Sox will maintain the modern-day document outright. They end with three at house towards the Los Angeles Angels starting Tuesday night time and end with three at Detroit, which is within the AL wild-card hunt.
“I assume whenever you lose 120 it’s simpler to brush it off, nevertheless it (stinks) to undergo it, however that’s the place we’re at,” veteran Andrew Benintendi stated.
The Padres (90-66) clinched their first 90-win season since 2010, after they completed 90-72 however missed the postseason because of a brutal September collapse.
The Padres diminished their magic quantity to 1 for clinching their third postseason berth since 2020.
The Padres management their very own future going right into a three-game sequence on the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers beginning Tuesday night time, however must win out to clinch the division title. Whereas the Dodgers have a three-game lead over the Padres, San Diego owns the tiebreaker. San Diego has a three-game lead over Arizona for the NL’s high wild card. The Padres end with three video games at Arizona subsequent weekend.
Some within the sellout crowd of 45,197 started chanting “Beat L.A.!” because the Padres gamers and workers saluted the followers after the ultimate house regular-season recreation. San Diego set the franchise attendance document of three,314,593 in 80 video games.
“We’re by no means out and that’s most likely for the reason that first week that we performed baseball this yr,” Tatis stated. “What we now have been doing over right here is de facto particular. Now we have the expertise to go all the way in which. Nevertheless it’s time to maintain enterprise at some point at a time.”
The Padres tied it at 2 when Donovan Solano and pinch-hitter Luis Arraez hit consecutive doubles opening the eighth towards Fraser Ellard (2-3). Arraez superior on a wild pitch and scored the go-ahead run on Jurickson Profar’s sacrifice fly.
Tatis then drove a towering shot into the left discipline stands, his twentieth homer of the season.
“It felt superb. It felt like I confirmed it that means after I hit it,” stated Tatis, who had an exuberant trot after the 389-foot blast, together with stutter-stepping into third base.
White Sox rookie Sean Burke held the Padres to 1 run and two hits in six innings in simply his third large league look and second begin. He struck out eight and walked one.
“Burke threw a hell of a recreation,” Benintendi stated. “They’ve obtained plenty of good bats up and down that lineup, guys which have performed a very long time and as soon as they get the lead with that bullpen, it looks as if its just about over at this level.”
Lee, who grew up in northern San Diego County, hit a line shot homer to left with one out within the third, his eleventh.
Profar tied it when he hit an opposite-field shot to left with one out within the backside of the inning. It was his twenty fourth, extending his career-best.
The White Sox jumped again forward on Vargas’ homer to left-center with one out within the sixth, his fifth.
Darvish grew to become the primary Japanese-born participant to achieve 2,000 profession strikeouts when he fanned Jacob Amaya within the third. With 9 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings on Sunday, he pushed his 12-season MLB complete to (2003). He walked 9 whereas permitting two runs and three hits.
Robert Suarez, who has struggled these days, pitched the ninth for his thirty fourth save.
