MLB

Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball
Chicago White Sox
36-117, 16-59 Away
Final
3 - 4
Los Angeles Angels
62-90, 32-46 Home

White Sox dealt 117th loss as Adams' infield single in the 13th inning lifts Angels to 4-3 victory

Instead of winning consecutive series for the first time in four months, the White Sox tied the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics for the third most losses since 1900.

Chicago (36-117) needs to go 7-2 in its final nine games to avoid the post-1900 record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets. The 2003 Detroit Tigers hold the American League mark with 119 losses.

It doesn't get easier for the White Sox, who begin a three-game series at San Diego on Friday. The Padres hold the first NL wild card spot but have closed within 3 1/2 games of the slumping Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.

“We get the same question every day, we're focused on one series at a time and one game at a time. Everything else is irrelevant right now,” interim manager Grady Sizemore said. “It's going to be a hard series (in San Diego). They're playing for something and we have to play our best ball to have a chance.”

After the series in San Diego, the White Sox close the season with a six-game homestand against the Angels (Sept. 24-26) and Detroit Tigers (Sept. 27-29).

The Angels had the bases loaded in the 10th and 12th innings, but were finally able to walk it off in the 13th.

“We had opportunities throughout the game to do something, we just couldn’t stretch that run, especially in extra innings. But we kept going and finally caught a break,” Angels manager Ron Washington said.

Wagaman was the automatic runner on second base and advanced to third on Logan O'Hoppe's ground ball to right field. With the infield drawn in, Adams hit a sharp grounder off Jairo Iriarte (0-1) that Vargas wasn't able to field cleanly, giving the Angels their fifth walk off victory of the season.

“I was just trying to put it in play and give the runner at third a chance to score,” Adams said.

The White Sox had the bases loaded with two out in the 13th, but José Quijada (2-0) struck out Yoán Moncada to end the frame. It was Moncada's his first big league at-bat since April 9. He was activated from the 60-day injured list on Monday after missing five months because of a left adductor strain.

The game went into extra innings tied at one. Each team scored in the 10th as Chicago’s Korey Lee scored on Vargas’ sacrifice fly and Los Angeles’ Gustavo Campero had an RBI base hit.

The teams again traded runs in the 11th on RBI singles by the White Sox Andrew Benintendi and Wagaman.

Andrew Vaughn led off the fourth inning with his team-tying 19th home run. The designated hitter — who is 7 for 20 with two homers during a five-game hitting streak — drove an elevated, inside sinker from Halos starter Jack Kochanowicz into the bullpens in left field as he went deep for the second time in the series.

The White Sox have hit nine home runs over the last five games after recording just six in the previous 13 contests.

The Angels evened it in the eighth when Taylor Ward's line drive went off the glove of White Sox shortstop Nicky Lopez and into left field to drive in Zach Neto.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Angels: OF Mickey Moniak (left hand) did not start for the third straight day, but came in as a pinch runner in the 11th inning.

UP NEXT

White Sox: LHP Garrett Crochet (6-12, 3.78 ERA) takes the mound on Friday to start a three-game series at San Diego.

Angels: Head to Houston for a four-game weekend series. LHP José Suarez (1-2, 6.80) makes his second start of the season on Thursday.

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Matchup Prediction

Angels: 67.3%
White Sox: 32.7%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

13th Inning Adams reached on infield single to second, Wagaman scored.
13th Inning O'Hoppe fouled out to right, Wagaman to third.
13th Inning Iriarte relieved De Los Santos
13th Inning Moncada struck out swinging.
13th Inning Benintendi walked, Lopez to second, Vargas to third.
13th Inning DeLoach struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 1
16 Ground Balls 13
10 Strikeouts 14
3 Runs Batted In 4
1 Sacrifice Hit 1
6 Hits 7
0 Stolen Bases 1
6 Walks 7
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 4
2 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
41 At Bats 43
1 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
24 Runners Left On Base 26
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
1 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 0
17 Fly Balls 17
1 Caught Stealing 0
165 Pitches 207
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
9 Total Bases 7
49 Plate Appearances 52
162.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
1 Extra Base Hits 0
1.3 Runs Created 2.7
.146 Batting Average .163
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.220 Slugging Percentage .163
.195 Secondary Average .186
.250 On Base Percentage .294
.470 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .457
0.9 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.8
0.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.0
21.0 Batter Rating 24.0
41.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.37 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.98
.073 Isolated Power .000
0.60 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.122 Walks Per Plate Appearance .135
.049 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .023
6.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.2
70.5 MLB Rating 71.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Angel Stadium

Location: Anaheim, California
Attendance: 22,757 | Capacity:

2024 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 92 69 .571 - L2
Kansas City 86 76 .531 6.5 W1
Detroit 86 76 .531 6.5 L2
Minnesota 82 80 .506 10.5 L4
Chicago 41 121 .253 51.5 W2

2024 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 88 73 .547 - W2
Seattle 85 77 .525 3.5 W4
Texas 78 84 .481 10.5 W3
Oakland 69 93 .426 19.5 L3
Los Angeles 63 99 .389 25.5 L6
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