CHICAGO — Andy Ibanez homered and had three RBIs because the Detroit Tigers despatched the Chicago White Sox to their one hundredth loss with a 9-4 victory on Sunday.
Andrew Vaughn doubled, homered and had two RBIs for the White Sox (31-100), who must go 12-19 to keep away from tying the 1962 New York Mets, who had been 40-120-1, for the trendy main league report for many losses in a season. Chicago will fall wanting the all-time report held by the Cleveland Spiders, who completed 20-134 in 1899.
Within the trendy period, solely the 1916 Philadelphia A’s, who had been 29-100-1, reached 100 losses in fewer video games than the White Sox.
“We now have been speaking about all of it 12 months. It is beating a useless horse at this level. We aren’t the place we wish to be,” White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi stated. “[Interim manager Grady Sizemore] stated it finest: ‘Until you win the final recreation of the 12 months, it does not matter.’ So, I feel everybody has moved on.”
Colt Keith had three hits and three RBIs for the Tigers (65-66), who’ve gained 4 of 5. The 2 groups will conclude their four-game collection Monday.
Chicago has misplaced 100 or extra video games six instances in franchise historical past and in consecutive seasons for the primary time. They went 61-101 final season underneath supervisor Pedro Grifol, who was fired Aug. 8. Chicago is 3-11 underneath Sizemore.
“We all know the place we’re at,” Benintendi stated. “We all know it is not good.”
The White Sox dropped a club-worst 106 video games in 1970. Their worst successful share is .325, once they went 49-102-1 in 1932.
Bryan Sammons (1-1) allowed a run and three hits in 4â…“ innings for Detroit to earn the victory.
“It wasn’t essentially the most environment friendly day on the mound,” Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch stated. “However offensively, we did lots of actually constructive issues.”
Starter Jonathan Cannon (2-8) gave up 5 runs and eight hits in 4 innings for the White Sox.
“Clearly, nobody desires to lose 100 video games, particularly with nonetheless a month to go,” Cannon stated. “However we’ll maintain coming right here on daily basis, getting our work in and maintain simply going on the market and making an attempt to win some ball video games.”
Benintendi and Vaughn hit back-to-back doubles off opener Beau Brieske to place the White Sox forward 2-0 within the first.
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Detroit’s Kerry Carpenter doubled, reached third on middle fielder Dominic Fletcher’s fielding error and scored on Keith’s single to chop the result in 2-1 within the third. Chicago had 4 errors.
Vaughn hit his fifteenth homer, a solo shot, off Sammons within the third to extend Chicago’s result in 3-1.
Zach McKinstry singled, stole second and scored on Parker Meadows’ triple to make it 3-2 within the fourth.
The Tigers scored three runs within the fifth to take a 5-3 lead. Carpenter, Keith and Jace Jung hit consecutive singles to tie it earlier than pinch hitter Ibanez grounded right into a fielder’s alternative and Trey Sweeney singled to herald the opposite runs.
“In each inning, you give your self a puncher’s probability when you find yourself creating alternatives for yourselves,” Hinch stated. “That is what you need to dangle your hats on, and simply maintain grinding.”
Ibanez hit a two-run homer off Enyel De Los Santos within the seventh and Keith added a two-run double within the eighth.
“Everybody in that locker room is conscious of the report and the way irritating it’s, completely,” Sizemore stated.
The Related Press contributed to this report.