Royals 10, White Sox 3: Seventeen.
The White Sox lost their 17th game in a row Wednesday afternoon against the Royals. | Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images
The White Sox lost their record-breaking 17th game in a row – and were swept for the 5th consecutive time – this afternoon against the Kansas City Royals by a score of 10-3.
In related bad news, Drew Thorpe had his second rough outing in a row. His final line? 5 IP, 7 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, HR. His season ERA has ballooned from 3.03 to 5.48 over his last two starts.
Maikel Garcia got Kansas City’s party started early with a leadoff single. He moved into second on a groundout by Bobby Witt Jr. Vinnie Pasquantino drove him home on a sharp liner to Sheets in right.
Vinnie opens up the scoring in the first! pic.twitter.com/bS8KAWH8Zp
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) July 31, 2024
The Royals got another pair in the 2nd on a Freddy Fermin wall-scraper homerun that made it 3-0 Kansas City.
⚾Freddy Fermin! HR (6)
— Home Run Report (@homerunreport) July 31, 2024
7/31/24 @ CWS, ⬆️ 2nd
vs RHP Drew Thorpe
100.1 MPH / 26° / 393 ft to LF
Off a 80.4 MPH slider
▶️It's a home run in 15/30 parks.◀️
📺: https://t.co/oMjoK3bC8S pic.twitter.com/vyW7aML0Ac
The Southsiders came roaring back in their half of the second. Gavin Sheets and Lenyn Sosa started things off with a pair of singles, setting the table for an Andrew Benintendi double into right field.
After a sacrifice bunt by Nick Senzel, Dominic Flether singled to left, driving home Benintendi and tying the game at 3.
All tied up! pic.twitter.com/oJ2IamlTyy
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) July 31, 2024
The Royals scored again in the 3rd to break the tie. Bobby Witt Jr. walked and stole second. Salvador Perez singled him in one batter later, making it 4-3 KC.
Salvy finds some grass and puts the #Royals back in the lead! pic.twitter.com/uKnq3XQGQM
— Bally Sports Kansas City (@BallySportsKC) July 31, 2024
Both the Sox and the Royals offenses were quiet in the 4th. But, Kansas City woke back up in the 5th, touching up Thorpe for 2 more runs on a couple of singles, a double, and a sac fly for a 6-3 Royals lead.
Kansas City decided to salt a wound one last time before heading to the airport. With Sammy Peralta coming in to relieve Chad Kuhl in the 9th, Bobby Witt Jr. hit an infield single and was promptly driven home on another Vinnie Pasquanino home run.
Mmmmmmm beefy. pic.twitter.com/BBdfgUr6T5
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) July 31, 2024
And it got worse from there.
Kansas City kept the line moving with back-to-back singles. MJ Melendez grounded out to short, scoring another run, making it 9-3.
They weren’t done with Peralta yet, as Garrett Hampson hit his 12th double of the year and Fermin drove him in on a single to left. 10-3, Royals – which is the way it stayed as Fraser Ellard was called in to retire the side. Peralta’s final line was: 0.1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 1 HR, 0 K. Ouch.
How low can they go? Can the White Sox reach an MLB record 20-game losing streak? Tune in to find out!
Another historic womp-womp:
FINAL: Royals 10, #WhiteSox 3
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) July 31, 2024
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Road to the Recordbooks
White Sox Record: 27-84
White Sox Season Record Pace: 39-123 (.243)
Modern 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119, .265): -4 Games
Modern Record in 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120, .250): -2 Games
Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106): -17 Games
Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1, .323): -13.5 Games
Worst American League Record (1916 A’s, 38-124, .235): +1 Game
Up Next
MLB has mercifully given us and the White Sox a day off on Thursday. But, they have to play baseball again on Friday. The Southsiders take on the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis. The Sox are 1-9 against the Twins on the season.
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