White Sox bats go cold against red-hot José Berríos
The Blue Jays author a dominant 7-1 win
The White Sox used up all their allotted runs on Friday night and could only muster up a single run against Blue Jays ace José Berríos for a tough loss.
Ryan Noda started the game with a single, and after two outs, Luis Robert Jr. picked up a walk, but Lenyn Sosa’s soft contact would cause a force out at second, stranding two. Unfortunately, it only took one pitch from Aaron Civale for the Blue Jays to take the lead. Bo Bichette took him deep with a leadoff homer. Civale bounced back after the home run to retire the next three batters in order.
The White Sox couldn’t answer in the second and had an abysmal bottom half. George Springer and Ernie Clement started with back-to-back singles, and an Austin Slater overthrow out of right field sent Springer home:
Davis Schneider singled with one out, resulting in an RBI, and Myles Straw followed. Bichette lined out, but Nathan Lukes singled to send Schneider home. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. thankfully ended a painful three-run inning with a strikeout.
The White Sox got two runners on base via a hit by pitch and a walk, but Berríos and Civale battled to keep the third and fourth innings quiet. Civale gave up two hits in the bottom of the fifth, but was able to get Springer go down swinging, preventing any damage.
With a little luck on his side, Miguel Vargas earned a stand-up triple with a fair ball in the sixth. Andrew Benintendi reached on a fielder’s choice, and with a bit more luck, Guerrero aggressively went home with a grounder to first that was wide left and allowed Vargas to score, finally putting the Sox on the board.
Robert grounded into a double play in the next at-bat, stemming any momentum.
The seventh was quiet for the Sox, and Civale seemed to be coasting in the bottom of the frame with two quick outs. But a pitch down the middle would give Guerrero a chance to put another run on the board, and his homer made it 5-1 before Alejandro Kirk grounded out.
Berríos was finally pulled after a two-out walk in the eighth, but Yariel Rodríguez closed the frame for the Blue Jays after a force out. Jake Palisch, who skipped over Triple-A entirely, came in for his MLB debut and gave up back-to-back infield singles. Schneider’s second hit of the game tacked on two more runs.
The White Sox ended the game after being retired in order, amassing just two hits in the game after an explosive win Friday night.
Futility Watch
White Sox 2025 Record: 24-53, the second-worst start in White Sox history and tied for the 63rd-worst start in baseball history. A 24-53 record projects to 50-112 over a full season. A year ago, the record-breaking White Sox were 20-57.
This means that once again, the two worst season starts in the 125-year history of the White Sox have come in the past two seasons:
2024 20-57
2025 24-53
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2025, 19,283 games) 9,618-9,665 (.4988). It’s been 121 games since the White Sox had an all-time winning record. The White Sox are currently 47 games worse than .500 and falling under by 66 more games will land the team at its lowest point in its 125-year history.
Record Since the New Pope Was Revealed as a White Sox Fan 14-24
Race With the Colorado Rockies for to the Worst Record in 2025 6 ½ games better
- Race to the Worst “Modern” 162-Game Record (2024 White Sox, 41-121)
- Race to the Worst “Modern” Record in a 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120-1, finished three percentage points worse than the 2024 White Sox)
- Race to the Most White Sox Losses (2024, 121)
- Race to the Worst White Sox Record (2024, 41-121)
9 games better, in all cases
Race to the Worst Post-1899 Record (1916 A’s, 38-124 adjusted to 162 games) 12 games better