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Chicago White Sox at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball
Chicago White Sox
36-118, 16-60 Away
Final
2 - 3
San Diego Padres
88-66, 43-36 Home

White Sox lose 118th game, waste 9th-inning comeback as Padres win 3-2 on Tatis hit in 10th

“He had a good sinker so I stayed away from that,″ Tatis said. “But then he decided to go with the slider and I just stayed back and put the barrel on the ball.”

Chicago (36-118) needs to go 7-1 in its final eight games to avoid the post-1900 record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets. The White Sox are one loss from tying the American League record set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers and despite the comeback dropped to 0-100 when trailing after eight innings. Chicago is 9-47 since the All-Star break.

The 1899 Cleveland Spiders hold the major league loss record at 20-134.

San Diego (88-66) maintained a two-game lead over Arizona for the top NL wild card.

“We want it more than ever,″ Tatis said. “We are pushing no matter what. We know the numbers, the teams we are playing and there’s a little bit more pressure. But it looks like we can handle it.″

Suarez blew a save for the sixth time in 39 chances, including three of his last six.

Gavin Sheets walked on nine pitches with two outs in the ninth, and Sosa capped a nine-pitch at-bat by diving a 100.4 mph fastball over the middle of the plate into the left-center field seats. It was the seventh triple-digit pitch of the at-bat by Suarez, who reached 100 mph on 12 of 27 pitches.

“Continuing to build confidence. Continuing to show that we can compete with the best teams and we're never out of it,” White Sox interim manage Grady Sizemore said.

Tyler Wade, who entered as a pinch runner in the ninth inning, threw out Bryan Ramos at the plate in the 10th when he tried to score from third on Dominic Fletcher’s grounder to second base off Adrian Morejon (3-2).

With automatic runner Brandon Lockridge on second base in the bottom half, Tatis hit an opposite-field drive against Justin Anderson (1-2) that bounced on three hops to the right-center field wall for his second walk-off hit.

Rookie Jackson Merrill hit a two-run double in the sixth off Gus Varland.

“I’m a see-ball, hit-ball guy so I’m not thinking about the other team and what they are trying to throw me,″ Merrill said. “I’m thinking of what I’m trying to do. I just swung at a slider, broke my bat and hit a bloop double.”

Padres starter Joe Musgrove matched his season high of nine strikeouts, allowing four hits in six innings.

“He was tremendous,″ Padres manager Mike Shildt said. “In control the whole way.”

Garrett Crochet gave up one hit in four innings and 52 pitches, striking out eight. He has 203 strikeouts, reaching 200 for the first time, and has pitched 142 innings.

“It's a cool accomplishment,” he said.

Chicago is limiting Crochet's innings.

“He’s gross,″ Merrill said. “Sinker and four-seam cutter that he is dotting. He’s nasty.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Padres: SS Ha-Seong Kim (right shoulder) resumed his throwing program, with no guarantee he’ll return before the end of the regular season.

UP NEXT

White Sox RHP Chris Flexen (2-14, 5.09 ERA) starts Saturday against Padres LHP Martín Pérez (4-5, 4.36 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Padres: 76.9%
White Sox: 23.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

10th Inning Tatis Jr. doubled to right, Lockridge scored.
10th Inning Anderson relieved Ellard
10th Inning Lockridge ran for Arraez
10th Inning Lopez struck out swinging.
10th Inning Fletcher grounded into fielder's choice to second, Ramos out at home.
10th Inning Lee grounded out to second, Ramos to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
12 Ground Balls 9
13 Strikeouts 10
2 Runs Batted In 3
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
6 Hits 10
0 Stolen Bases 2
1 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 3
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
37 At Bats 35
1 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 14
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
3 Doubles 2
12 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 1
155 Pitches 167
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
12 Total Bases 12
38 Plate Appearances 38
162.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
4 Extra Base Hits 2
1.9 Runs Created 4.4
.162 Batting Average .286
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.324 Slugging Percentage .343
.189 Secondary Average .171
.184 On Base Percentage .342
.509 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .685
1.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
1.7 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.5
23.0 Batter Rating 28.0
37.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.67
4.08 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.39
.162 Isolated Power .057
0.08 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.30
.026 Walks Per Plate Appearance .079
.027 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.114
4.0 Runs Produced 6.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.3 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.4
70.3 MLB Rating 79.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Petco Park

Location: San Diego, California
Attendance: 45,790 | 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 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 98 64 .605 - W5
San Diego 93 69 .574 5 L1
Arizona 89 73 .549 9 W1
San Francisco 80 82 .494 18 L1
Colorado 61 101 .377 37 L3
Full Standings