The Chicago White Sox proceed to dig deeper and deeper in an effort to uncover new ranges of futility the game of baseball has by no means seen and now sit with a ghastly 31-109 file amidst a 12-game shedding streak that has them threatening to set the MLB file for many losses in a season.
Tuesday evening’s 9-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles featured an embarrassing error that encapsulated the form of season it has been for the Southsiders.
With the bases loaded and the rating 4-0 with two outs within the backside of the second inning, former White Sox slugger Eloy Jimenez lifted a pop-up to shallow left subject as third baseman Miguel Vargas, left fielder Andrew Benintendi, and shortstop Jacob Amaya all converged to make the catch, however Vargas took cost and didn’t concede to Benintendi and ran instantly into him inflicting the ball to drop and all three baserunners to attain.
Orioles announcer Kevin Brown summed it up completely by saying, “Oh my goodness. The White Sox have simply gone full White Sox.”
Anybody who has performed baseball is aware of that was Benintendi’s ball, and he was completely in place to make a straightforward catch, however Vargas overcommitted and undercommunicated earlier than smashing into him.
Vargas quickly left the sport after sporting a black eye attributable to colliding with Benintendi’s shoulder.
Chicago is now 4-38 for the reason that All-Star break and would wish to go 12-10 the remainder of the way in which to keep away from tying the all-time file of 120 losses in a season held by the 1962 New York Mets.