Back-to-back wins secured a series victory as the Rockies fell, 10-3, to the White Sox
After an emotional day, the White Sox seemed to know what fans needed, and that was a big win, 10-3. I’d like to think it was to honor the legendary Bobby Jenks.
The Rockies were also kind enough to honor Jenks with a moment of silence before the game.
Lenyn Sosa kicked things off with a one-out double. Not to be outdone, Brooks Baldwin doubled as well, sending Sosa home.
But the fun wasn’t over just yet, as Colson Montgomery got his first major league hit — an RBI triple!
The Rockies, however, responded with two runs of their own via a single from Tyler Freeman, a double from Hunter Goodman, and an RBI single from Jordan Beck that sent two runners home to tie the game, 2-2.
The doubles continued into the second, this time for Austin Slater. With two outs, Mike Tauchman singled, sending Slater home.
Sosa followed up with a two-run blast, padding the lead to 5-2.
Montgomery singled in the third for his second hit of the game, but was left stranded.
Two-out hits were big in the fourth, including single from Tauchman and a double for Mickey Moniak. The Rockies tried to add on, with a single from Ryan McMahon (his 800th career hit) and a walk from Michael Toglia to load the bases, but fell victim to Orlando Arcia grounding up the middle and into a force out.
Kyle Teel started the fifth with a walk, and advanced to second after Baldwin singled. Montgomery hit a hard grounder that turned into a tidy, 3-6-1 double play, but Josh Rojas kept the inning alive and managed an RBI single that teetered the foul line. Slater ended the top of the inning, but the South Siders picked up a needed insurance run, now up, 6-2.
In the bottom of the sixth, Cannon walked McMahon with one out, and gave up a hit to Toglia, prompting a pitching change. Jordan Leasure entered the game and handed Arcia the perfect pitch that ended in a double play.
Montgomery kept the seventh alive with his third hit of the night, and Rojas continued with a two-out walk. Alas, Slater grounded out, leaving runners on base. Fernández doubled in the bottom of the frame, and Leasure gave up a four-pitch walk to Freeman. Sosa struggled to put his foot on the bag to record an out, allowing Goodman load the bases with no outs. After a long at-bat from Jordan Beck that included several foul tips, a batter interference that sent runners back, he finally struck out for the first out. Then Thairo Estrada hit right into a double play to leave bases loaded, a total of eight runners left on base for Colorado throughout the game.
Ryan Noda worked a walk to start the eighth, and Michael A. Taylor knocked the ball into the corner for a double, becoming the final player in the White Sox lineup to get on base tonight. Tauchman picked up a walk to load the bases with no outs. Sosa continued to mash, sending home two on a sharp single, and prompting a pitching change and a 8-2 score. Ryan Rolison stepped in and got Teel and Baldwin to strike out swinging, and ended on a fly out from Montgomery.
Brandon Eisert entered, as did Brenton Doyle. Only one player did something of value during the first at-bat, and that was Doyle with a solo home run, reducing the Sox lead to 8-3. Thankfully, Eisert bounced back from the run with a strikeout and help from the guys behind him to end the eighth.
Two outs seemed to be working for the Sox all night: Noda walked with two outs in the ninth, and Taylor launched a two-run bomb to put the Good Guys up by seven. Steven Wilson took the mound for the Sox, and despite giving up a double, kept Colorado from stirring up any trouble, securing a huge win.
Futility Watch
White Sox 2025 Record: 30-59, tied for the fourth–worst start in White Sox history and tied for the 92nd-worst start in baseball history. A 30-59 record projects to 55-107 over a full season. A year ago, the record-breaking White Sox were 25-64.
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2025, 19,295 games) 9,624-9,671 (.4988). It’s been 133 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 20-30
Race With the Colorado Rockies for to the Worst Record in 2025 10 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)
14 games better, in all cases