White Sox do best Little League impressions to lose in another miserable way

As if losing the astir games successful an MLB play past twelvemonth was not enough, the Chicago White Sox are inventing caller ways to instrumentality the L this year.

Chicago, entering Tuesday nighttime astatine 10-28, held a uncommon pb heading into the bottommost of the ninth against the Kansas City Royals.

The Royals, a postseason squad past year, got the leadoff antheral on, but Drew Waters deed a pop-up to 2nd basal to enactment the Sox astatine easiness - until they were not.

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Chicago White Sox shortstop Chase Meidroth, #10, misses a shot deed by Kansas City Royals Drew Waters for a fielding mistake during the ninth inning of a shot crippled connected Tuesday, May 6, 2025 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Chase Meidroth fto the shot doink close disconnected his head, and everybody was safe. Then, successful the astir evident bunt situation, the White Sox could not adjacent marque a play astatine immoderate base. Everybody was safe, and the bases were loaded with nary outs, alternatively of a antheral connected archetypal with 2 outs.

Kyle Isbel past popped out, which should person been the extremity of the inning. Instead, that was the archetypal out. Then came Jonathan India, the leadoff batter, who deed a hard grounder to short. While it would person been pugnacious to crook a treble play, shortstop Jacob Amaya's flip to Meidroth astatine 2nd was retired of reach, bringing successful a run, and again, everyone was harmless (it was ruled an infield single).

Chicago White Sox shortstop Chase Meidroth, #10, misses the tag arsenic Kansas City Royals catcher Freddy Fermin, #34, reaches 2nd basal safely successful the ninth inning astatine Kauffman Stadium. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

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That people brought up Bobby Witt Jr., the MVP runner-up to Aaron Judge past season, who drove a shot into the outfield. While it fell onto the grass, it was much than capable to get the winning tally in, adjacent if Luis Robert Jr. made the drawback connected the run.

The White Sox are present 10-29, which is simply a .256 winning percentage. They are present connected gait to necktie their ain grounds from past twelvemonth of 121 losses (against 41 wins). 

This is not their archetypal head-scratching nonaccomplishment of the year. Last month, they mislaid a crippled aft Mike Tauchman, caller disconnected the injured list, re-injured his hamstring portion trying to people the tying run.

It could ever beryllium worse though; the Colorado Rockies are 6-28. That .176 winning percent puts them connected way for a 28-134 record. Both the Sox and Rockies are already 12.5 and 17.0 games backmost successful their ain divisions, respectively.

Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., #7, and catcher Freddy Fermin, #34, are doused by close fielder Cavan Biggio, #18, and designated hitter Salvador Perez, #13, aft the triumph implicit the Chicago White Sox astatine Kauffman Stadium. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

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Meidroth was really a cardinal portion successful the Garrett Crochet commercialized that sent the ace to the Boston Red Sox, truthful it is already not looking bully for the White Sox, but thing has successful the past fewer years.

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