The night started improperly for the Chicago White Sox when Boston Red Sox left fielder Jarren Duran led off Thursday with a home run on the videogame’s 2nd pitch.
It did not get any muchbetter from there for the White Sox, who set a single-single franchise record with their 14th successive loss while getting pounded 14-2 by the Red Sox in front of 15,568 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“Not a great one today, clearly,” supervisor Pedro Grifol stated. “We simply got down early. They came out swinging it. These videogames occur. And it occurred to us today.”
Starter Jake Woodford enabled 7 runs on 10 strikes in 4 innings for the White Sox, who have lost 18 of 19.
“It’s been a hard stretch, didn’t do my part today,” Woodford stated. “It came down to a absence of execution. Definitely desire I might haveactually done more to put the group in a scenario to win.”
At 15-48, the Sox are off to the worst 63-game start in franchise history.
Thursday may haveactually been a low point of the season for the White Sox, who were outhit 24-4. The Red Sox hit 3 home runs, 2 gaveup by Woodford (to Duran and Enmanuel Valdez) and one by reducer Jared Shuster (to Jamie Westbrook).
The 14 runs and 24 strikes enabled were both season highs for the White Sox. It’s the 2nd time in 6 videogames they permitted at least 20 strikes after offering up 23 in a 12-5 loss versus the Brewers on Friday in Milwaukee.
The 14-game skid is connected for the 3rd longest in a season in the majors giventhat 2015, pulling even with the Baltimore Orioles (May 18-31, 2021) and Los Angeles Angels (May 25-June 8, 2022). The Arizona Diamondbacks had a 17-game losing streak from June 2-20, 2021, and the Orioles had a 19-game slide from Aug. 3-24, 2021.
Photos: Chicago White Sox lose to Boston Red Sox 14-2 at Guaranteed Rate Field
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