Sacks packed? Sox flat

Eleven hits + three walks + two steals = three runs

The Chicago White Sox started their third inning like gangbusters. Dominic Fletcher led off with a double, snapping a streak of 24 innings without an extra-base hit. Corey Jules walked, and bunted a single to load the bases.

At this point, though still a scoreless game, the White Sox were chuffed into a win probability for the game of 68.3%.

Yeah.

Lenyn Sosa whiffed, and then Luis Robert did this:

Sort of a bad break, but still: BALL. IN. THE. AIR.

Win probability at that point had dropped back to San Francisco’s favor, as well it should have.

The White Sox fall to 43 games out of first place — and 31 1⁄2 out of fourth.

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Futility Watch

White Sox 2024 Record 30-96, worst 126-game start in White Sox history (nine games worse than the next-worst, 1932 White Sox), second-worst MLB start all-time, and a season-worst 66 games below .500
White Sox 2024 Run Differential -260, 13th-worst 125-game start in MLB history and a White Sox season-worst
White Sox 2024 Season Record Pace 39-123 (.238)
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2024) 9,583-9,587 (.49989)
Race to the Worst “Modern” 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119) 4 games worse; need to finish 14-22 to end season 44-118
Race to the Worst “Modern” Record in a 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120) 3 games worse; need to finish 11-25 to end season 41-121
Race to the Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106) 17 games worse; need to finish season 27-9 to end season with 105 losses
Race to the Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1*) 13 1⁄2 games worse; need to finish season 23-13 to end season 53-109
Race to the Worst American League Record (1916 A’s, 38-124*) 1 game better; need to finish season 9-27 to finish 39-123
*record adjusted to a 162-game season

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