White Sox find new way to lose to Rays, 5-3

Q: What were the key moments in the White Sox vs. Rays game?

Key moments included the White Sox taking a lead in the eighth inning before the Rays tied the game and ultimately scored three runs in the ninth.

Q: How did the White Sox pitching contribute to their loss against the Rays?

The White Sox pitching staff struggled, allowing the Rays to score five runs, including a meltdown by closer Seranthony Domínguez in the ninth inning.

Q: What is the current standing of the White Sox in MLB after this loss?

The loss to the Rays dropped the White Sox to the worst record in all of Major League Baseball.

Q: Who were the standout players in the White Sox vs. Rays game?

Edgar Quero and Everson Pereira were notable for their offensive contributions, while Seranthony Domínguez struggled as the closer for the White Sox.

Not just a hit TV series of the -70s, but the number of pitches the White Sox staff needed today The automatic ball/strike system sure was a White Sox buddy this afternoon. That is, until a time came when even your friends couldn’t help enough. The Rays tried to be friendly, too, leaving 14 runners on base. That is, until the Sox pitching staff decided it was unfair not to let them score. The first three White Sox hitters had three of their five hardest hit balls of the day, totaling 324.2 mph, but nothing came of it. That was all the excitement of the first two innings. Then the early ABS help was huge. First, Edgar Quero got two balls changed to strikes against Yandy Diaz with the bases loaded in the top of the third, leading to an inning-ending pop up. Then, in the bottom of the inning, Miguel Vargas successfully challenged what would have been strike three and then plunked the next pitch 380 feet and over the left field fence: The Sox and Anthony Kay politely allowed their guests to tie the game in the top of the fourth, as the bottom of the Rays order went walk-single-single. But in the sixth, Chase Meidroth led off with a double off Griffin Jax and his ERA of eight or so, and Quero scored him on a ground-rule double: View Link Of course, that called for courtesy to visitors again, so Grant Taylor put two on in the seventh and Sean Newcomb gave up a tying RBI single. Still, the White Sox kept counter-punching. In the top of the eighth Everson Pereira got a hanging sweeper from Kevin Kelly, who had come into the game with another eightish ERA, and didn’t miss: Ergo, Sox held another lead, 3-2, just three outs away from an actual win and closer Seranthony Domínguez stalking to the mound. Unfortunately, it only took Domínguez three pitches to toss a gopher ball to Junior Caminero to tie the game, and THEN proceeded into quite the meltdown for a big-bucks closer, needing 32 pitches to get through a third of an inning and leave the bases loaded. That brought in Lucas Sims, who played the gracious host to the tune of walking in two runs and handing the Rays a 5-3 advantage. In the bottom of the ninth, Andrew Benintendi led off with a walk that would have been strikeout except the Rays were out of challenges, not being as good as Quero at that newfound art (which he used nicely many times during the game, until his fortune ran out), but then it was pop-up, ground out, pop-up and the game was over. The White Sox only left seven on base, half the Rays total, as they garnered eight hits and four walks. Then again, Rays pitchers got through the game on an economical 142 pitches despite all that activity, 80 pitches fewer than the Sox staff somehow felt obliged to use — but then, they didn’t walk seven and strike out 10. The sweep drops the White Sox to worst in all of baseball, as they pack up for a trip to Sacramento to start a series with the A’s.