In a season full of futility, the Chicago White Sox made the flawed sort of historical past Saturday, struggling their one centesimal defeat in a 6-1 loss to the San Diego Padres at Guaranteed Rate Field.
It’s simply the fifth time in franchise historical past the Sox have misplaced 100 video games. The 2023 workforce (61-100) joins the groups from 1932 (49-102), 1948 (51-101), 1970 (56-106) and 2018 (62-100) in reaching the doubtful distinction.
Before the sport, supervisor Pedro Grifol wasn’t too caught up with the quantity.
“I know people think it’s an ugly number, but 99 (losses) is not?” he mentioned. “I’ve by no means been too caught up in that. I need our guys to go on the market and compete. Respect the sport and end the season sturdy. And wherever we find yourself, we find yourself.
“That’s not where we’re going to be next year, so I don’t get too caught up in 99 or 100 or anything like that. I really don’t. But I know it’s a big deal. People make it a big deal. It’s not for me. It’s not that big a deal for me.”
The Sox fell behind shortly Saturday in entrance of 30,118 at Guaranteed Rate Field because the Padres scored 4 runs within the first inning.
Mike Clevinger walked two within the inning after not strolling any batters in his earlier 5 begins (32 innings). Jurickson Profar had a three-run double and scored on a double from Ji Man Choi to place the Sox in an enormous gap.
Profar had an RBI single throughout a two-run second inning. That was the final batter for Clevinger, who allowed six runs on seven hits in 1⅔ innings.
Lenyn Sosa homered within the loss.
The Sox had a dismal begin to the season, going 7-21. That stretch featured a 10-game dropping streak.
It didn’t get significantly better for the workforce all year long. They enter Sunday’s season finale having misplaced 43 of 61.
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