Mets 5, White Sox 1: One loss from history

This club could tie the all-time franchise mark for losses — in August

It’s a familiar refrain, as the White Sox scored just one run, for the 25th time this season. In 39 games Chicago has scored fewer than two runs, laid against just 31 wins. Wow.

The lineup, putrid, reprehensible, struck out 12 times, walked once, had five hits and just one went for as many as two bases. The club is averaging 11.3 total bases per game and 7.3 hits: 1.5 doubles, 0.06 triples, 0.8 homers, rolling into 3.1 runs. The team WAR for the offense is -8.2.

Dig it:

One thing that was different, and in a good way, was the bullpen tonight, and that was all Touki Toussaint, who threw four innings of one-run ball.

Futility Watch

White Sox 2024 Record 31-105, worst 136-game start in White Sox history (12 games worse than the next-worst, 1932 White Sox), second-worst MLB start all-time and a season-worst 74 games below .500
White Sox 2024 Run Differential -287, 15th-worst 136-game start in MLB history and a 2024 season worst
White Sox 2024 Season Record Pace 37-125 (.228)
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2024) 9,584-9,596 (.4997)
Race to the Worst “Modern” 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119) 6 games worse; need to finish 13-13 to end season 44-118
Race to the Worst “Modern” Record in a 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120) 4 games worse; need to finish 10-16 to end season 41-121
Race to the Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106) 19 games worse; need to finish season 26-0 to end season with 105 losses
Race to the Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1*) 15 1⁄2 games worse; need to finish season 22-4 to end season 53-109
Race to the Worst American League Record (1916 A’s, 38-124*) 1 game worse; need to finish season 8-18 to finish 39-123
*record adjusted to a 162-game season