Blue Jays 9, White Sox 3: Back to 20 games under

Facing South Side pitching certainly cures many an offensive malady

On a Victoria Day afternoon affair in Toronto, the Chicago White Sox managed to out-mid the Blue Jays on their way to their fourth straight loss and 34th of 2024. Erick Fedde struggled all afternoon, allowing five runs on seven hits in six innings of work, and the lowest-scoring team in baseball couldn’t keep pace with a Jays offense eager to feast on bad pitching.

After both teams went in order in the first inning, the Pale Hose struck first in the top of the second. Eloy Jiménez led off the inning with a single to center but was erased when “consistent pillar in our lineup” Andrew Benintendi grounded into a double play. Should-be starting catcher Korey Lee picked up his team, however, singling home Paul DeJong to score the game’s first run:

And then the White Sox White Sox’d:

Pretty much.

In typical White Sox fashion, the Pale Hose quickly coughed up the lead in the bottom of the frame. Bo Bichette picked up his seventh double of the season before Daulton Varsho took Fedde yard.

The Blue Jays continued feasting on Fedde in the third, picking up their third and fourth runs on two hard-hit doubles and an 111 mph screamer from Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

So much for Fedde’s 13 consecutive scoreless innings ...

The White Sox certainly cure what ails you ...

Gavin Sheets led off the fourth with a hard-hit line drive that went for a double after right fielder George Springer couldn’t make the catch on a dive, and would score on a DeJong single.

Guerrero walked to lead off the bottom of the sixth, and scored on Bo Bichette’s second double of the afternoon, extending the Jays lead to 5-2.

Blue Jays killer DeJong continued his offensive onslaught, leading off the top of the seventh with a solo home run, his seventh.

DeJong now has hit 21% of the White Sox home runs this season. Yes, Paul DeJong.

The Jays bats weren’t done, however, as Danny Jansen would take Jordan Leasure deep for his fifth home run of 2024 to make the game 7-3.

Evergreen:

Yup, consistent pillar in the lineup ...

Toronto loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth against sidewinding lefty Tim Hill, and Danny Jansen capped off his stellar offensive afternoon with a two-RBI single to blow the game open and seal Chicago’s fate.

And that was all she wrote on this Victoria Day holiday in Toronto, 9-3, Blue Jays.

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Futility Watch

White Sox 2024 Record 14-34, worst 48-game start in White Sox history (one game ahead the 2018 White Sox) and tied for the 41st-worst start in MLB history
White Sox 2024 Run Differential -105, tied for the 21st-worst 48-game start in MLB history
White Sox 2024 Season Record Pace 47-115 (.292)
Race to the Worst “Modern” 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119) 4 games behind
Race to the Worst “Modern” Record in a 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120) 6 games behind
Race to the Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106) 9 games ahead
Race to the Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1*) 5 1⁄2 games ahead
Race to the Worst American League Record (1916 A’s, 38-124*) 9 games behind
*record adjusted to a 162-game season

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