The Chicago White Sox tied the American League document with their 119th loss Saturday night time, when Xander Bogaerts and Elias Diaz every hit a two-run homer to assist the San Diego Padres to a 6-2 win and transfer nearer to a playoff spot.
The White Sox (36-119) matched the AL mark set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers, who completed 43-119. Yet one more defeat for Chicago over its remaining seven video games would equal the post-1900 document of 120 losses by the 1962 growth New York Mets, and two extra would set a document. The 1899 Cleveland Spiders maintain the general main league document for losses after going 20-134.
Chris Flexen (2-15) remained winless in his previous 23 begins for a White Sox membership that misplaced its twentieth straight street collection. In keeping with ESPN Analysis, Chicago, which is 9-48 for the reason that All-Star break, is on tempo for 124 losses.
“They have been enjoying some good baseball these final couple of days,” Bogaerts stated of Chicago. “Clearly, we wish to win each recreation by an enormous margin, however these guys are placing up a struggle. They’re attempting to be spoilers. Nothing’s been given simple to us these final couple of days. It has been good to have the ability to struggle for it a bit bit greater than individuals would have anticipated.”
David Peralta additionally homered for San Diego (89-66), which maintained a two-game lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks for the highest Nationwide League wild-card spot.
The Padres lowered their magic quantity to 2 for clinching their second playoff berth in three seasons. They obtained no assist from the Atlanta Braves or Mets, each of whom gained Saturday.
Bogaerts gave the Padres a 2-0 lead along with his shot to left-center subject with no outs within the second inning off Flexen. It was Bogaerts’ eleventh homer, and it got here with rookie Jackson Merrill aboard on a leadoff single.
“It is a good lineup,” Chicago supervisor Grady Sizemore stated of the Padres. “You make errors over the plate, and so they would possibly harm you.”
Peralta homered with one out within the fourth, his eighth. Merrill, thought of by some the front-runner for NL Rookie of the 12 months, hit an RBI single within the fifth.
Diaz hit a two-run shot within the eighth off former Padres reliever Enyel De Los Santos. It was his sixth of the season.
Lenyn Sosa hit an RBI single within the sixth for the White Sox off Martin Perez (5-5). Bryan Ramos drew a bases-loaded stroll from Padres reliever Jason Adam within the eighth.
Perez held Chicago to 1 run and two hits in 5â…“ innings, hanging out six and strolling three. Tanner Scott recorded 5 outs for his twenty second save.
Flexen gave up 4 runs and eight hits in 5 innings, hanging out three and strolling two.
With historical past awaiting, the White Sox will begin right-hander Sean Burke (1-0, 2.25 ERA) on Sunday, opposed by Padres righty Yu Darvish (6-3, 3.21).
“Hits had been arduous to come back by tonight,” Sizemore stated. “However we had good at-bats.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.