Enough about early-season bad news, let’s get to the current bad news!

Like Tuesday night, Texas scored first, in the first, on this HR off of Chris Flexen by Corey Seager:

Andrew Vaughn led off the top of the 2nd with a line drive single to left. Eloy grounded out – like Eloy does now – moving Vaughn to second. Brooks Baldwin struck out (dropping him to 2-18, .111). Then Nicky Lopez did this:

In the top of the third, Luis Robert Jr. came up with one out and laced a line drive home run to left – his 12th of the season – putting the White Sox on top 2-1:

That would be it for the Pale Hose as far as scoring went for the night. Two-time all-star Nathan Eovaldi kept the inept Sox bats in check the rest of the evening, ending with a final line of 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 10K.

The Rangers bats, however, were far from done.

Corey Seager led off the bottom of the 5th with a double to right field and, 2 outs later, Adolis García doubled him in to tie the game at 2:

That would end Chris Flexen’s night. His final line: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, HR. The Sox have lost their last 14 games in a row started by Flexen.

Sammy Peralta entered the game and Nathaniel Lowe promptly lined a single to left-center, giving Texas the lead at 3-2:

The Rangers would plate another run in the 6th inning off of a walk and 2 singles, making it 4-2, Rangers and effectively putting this game out of reach.

But, in the bottom of the 8th, the wheels really fell off.

Jared Shuster took the mound for Justin Anderson – who had a really nice night: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 1K – and Robbie Grossman took his second pitch deep to left field, making it 5-2, Texas:

Three singles in a row would load the bases for a Josh Smith sac fly and a 6-2 Rangers lead. A walk and a fielder’s choice would make it 7-2 with two outs and two on. Then Nathaniel Lowe put the exclamation mark on this losing streak:

The Sox went down meekly in the 9th with 3 groundouts. They’ll attempt to salvage the last game of this series Thursday afternoon at 1:35 CT.

Womp-womp

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Race to the Bottom

White Sox Record: 27-77

White Sox Season Record Pace: 42-120 (.260)

Modern 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119, .265): -1 Game

Modern Record in 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120, .250): +1 Game

Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106): -14 Games

Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1, .323): -10.5 Games

Worst American League Record (1916 A’s, 38-124, .235): +4 Games

Up Next

The White Sox try to avoid their second post-All-Star Break sweep and go head-to-head with the Rangers for the final game of this 4-game set. Jonathan Cannon will be facing off against Max Scherzer.