Chicago White Sox fall back to 40 games under .500 in home finale

The Chicago White Sox tried almost everything in their home final on Sunday against the Padres of San Diego, including the insertion of the recipient Korey Lee in the left field after his entry as a twinge runner at the bottom of the seventh.

Lee made a sliding socket near the fault line of the left field at the top of the eighth.

“See Ball and Catch Ball,” said Lee. “Go out and try to do everything I can. Good things happen whenever you trust.”

Lee dropped a fly ball in the ninth, but then compensated for the next striker with a strong launch on the plate after taking a catch, keeping a runner in the third.

All the maneuvers, which, according to Vatable, said that Lee led Lee to play the outside field in an “emergency” situation, was not enough because the offensive could not produce a big blow in a 3-2 defeat in front of 24,205 in the field.

The SOXs went 0 for 11 with runners in the notation position – the two races came by walks loaded with bases – on the way to lose two of the three in the series.

“A difficult match, but I thought we had played well,” said Venable. “Very good things offensively. Just couldn’t get this big success. The pitching was great, (starter) Sean (Burke) did an excellent job by keeping us in the game and in exceptional work of the enclosure of the Lights.

“It’s difficult, you do such a good job in all phases, you put yourself in position.

The SOX finished the original part of their 33-48 annex to the Rate field, an improvement of 10 victories compared to 2024.

But with the defeat on Sunday, they fell at 58-98 in total – corresponding to a summit of the season at 40 games in less than 0,500. They have to win five of their last six games to avoid a third consecutive season with at least 100 defeats. They lost 101 games in 2023 and made a modern record for major leagues 121 losses last season.

Last year’s brand included taking 23-58 at home. The percentage of victories .284 represents the lowest in the history of the franchise. The SOX finished 2025 with a percentage of victory at home. 407.

The SOXs started 2025 with Burke on the home mound against the Los Angeles Angels. The right -hander started the Sunday final on Sunday, granting three points (two deserved) on six strokes with four stick withdraws and no four -sleeved walks.

“I felt good with my things,” said Burke. “I was in the early area and everything that was clear. I think I have really made a bad field (a quick ball at the first step) to (Fernando) Tatis (Jr., who led to a Home Run solo in the third round to give the Padres an advance of 3-0).

“It was a kind of medium quick ball on which he put a fairly good swing. But other than that, I felt good with everything. ”

While Burke and four lifts helped the SOXs stay close, the offense simply could not click regularly.

The SOX had runners first and second without withdrawal in the first and second heats and failed to score. They loaded the bases without withdrawal in the sixth. A removal of the stick, a kind of withdrawal and a withdrawal.

They scored twice in the seventh when Miguel Vargas and Andrew Benintendi drew walks loaded with bases.

Benintendi, who treated low body pain, entered as a pinch striker and was raised for Lee after reaching the first goal. Mike Tauchman received a day of rest. The SOX had already replaced Brooks Baldwin and Will Robertson earlier in the game, with Michael A. Taylor entering to play in the center of the field. All of this led Lee to obtain his first major league look in the outside field.

“Korey has worked extremely hard,” said Venable. “We really had no other options. We chose to pinch in large places where it was time to shoot balls. We had guys on the bench that had not been able to play in defense. We had to go to Korey Lee.”

Lee added: “I will learn errors and continue to learn the game.”

The SOXs pulled their ninth march from the match with one in the eighth, but the rally quickly ended with a double game.

“To be in these places, you have to do a lot of good things and the guys have done,” said Venable about all the Baserunners. “Just in the biggest places, we could not move the ball forward and get this big success.”

After the defeat, team members and coaches staff launched crowd t-shirts as gifts. The SOXs close the season on the road, playing three games each against the New York and Washington Nenals.

“We appreciate fans that come out as always,” said Burke. “We think we have big fans, so with our group, I think we feed energy that the crowd brings a lot. So I hope there is much more to come with that.”