On Monday, a frustrated La Russa told the media, “if you wanna say we’re lousy say we’re lousy.” One hundred and twenty-four games into the season, it’s safe to say the White Sox are lousy.The Sun-Times came about with the 1948 merger of The Chicago Sun and The Chicago Daily Times. The offense leads the MLB in singles but has the lowest average launch angle in baseball and ranks in the bottom five in the league in home runs. Since August 15th, the White Sox have hit just three home runs, with one of those coming in a 10-0 blowout at home. Hitting all singles has been a hot topic of conversation recently. And Gavin Sheets, who went 3-for-5 with a double. Andrew Vaughn, who led off the game with a home run, then later doubled.

The White Sox only three extra-base hits came courtesy of two players. The White Sox had eleven hits, but eight of them were singles.

When asked if he considered taking himself out, he said, “no.” Have to deal with it,” Robert said during his postgame availability. “Hurts a lot every time I have a bad swing. 🏳️ /vlj79OnPKNĪccording to Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times, Robert’s wrist was heavily wrapped in the locker room. Pretty sure Félix Bautista just made Luis Robert retire. At one point, Robert was swinging with one arm because of the pain and grounded into a double play as a result. He went 0-for-5 on the night and grounded into two double plays. Tony La Russa allowed Luis Robert to bat, despite the obvious signs that Robert was in pain. The White Sox left a total of seven runners stranded and were just 2 for 13 with runners in scoring position. Jose Abreu made two errors at first base, one of which came around to score on a Santander homer in the first inning. There was plenty of blame to pass around. There was a pop foul that should've ended the game and Adam Engel dropped it.Īnd then the Orioles just walked them off in extras!Īn absolute choke by Chicago. White Sox were up 3-2 with 2 outs, Bottom of the 9th. “My job is to come in and play defense, especially late in games.” “I overran it, the ball came back on me a little bit, didn’t catch it,” Adam Engel told reporters after the game. It snapped Hendrik’s streak of 19 consecutive saves in a row and tied the game at three apiece. Despite being down 0-2 in the count, he took the next pitch from Liam Hendriks over the wall in right field for his first career home run.

Kyle Stowers, a 24-year-old outfielder who was playing in just his seventh Major League game, took advantage of the opportunity. What happened next was all too predictable. Both the Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins lost earlier in the day.īut as Engle ranged into foul territory near the wall, he took his eyes off the ball just long enough for it to drop out of his glove and give the Baltimore Orioles new life. This play was much easier than that, and while history wasn’t on the line, a chance to gain ground in the division was.

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