Diamondbacks run away with a 10-0 win, blowing out the White Sox for the series opener
The South Siders lost the first game of the home stand after a good road trip
Atrocious pitching and abysmal at-bats put the nail in the coffin early, as the Diamondbacks took advantage of the White Sox early and often for an embarrassing blowout.
Geraldo Perdomo kicked things off with a single, with Ketel Marte following suit. Josh Naylor, still an enemy of the White Sox, cranked a one-out, RBI double to send both runners home; a wild pitch helped advance the runners before his hit. Still struggling, Shane Smith hit Eugenio Suárez in the hand with a pitch, which kept Suárez down for a couple of minutes. The top of the frame ended with back-to-back ground outs, stranding two baserunners. As the White Sox went out to bat, Suárez was replaced at third after testing his grip strength.
Smith battled Alek Thomas before finally earning a strikeout, but gave up back-to-back walks as his pitch count continued to climb. With two outs, Pavin Smith launched a ball well over Michael A. Taylor’s reach, putting the Diamondbacks up, 5-0.
Despite a few hits, the bottom of the second and all of the third were quiet for both teams. Dan Altavilla replaced Smith for the third inning, but by the fourth, White Sox pitching was back to being awful. Altavilla gave up back-to-back homers to Marte and Pavin Smith. The White Sox could only respond with a walk.
Wikelman González stepped onto the mound in the fifth and continued the pitching struggle. Ildemaro Vargas started the inning with a double, and Randal Grichuk reached on a fielder’s choice out. Thomas walked, giving an additional baserunner for Jose Herrera, who hit an RBI single, giving Arizona an eight-run lead. Kyle Teel started the bottom of the fifth with a ground-rule double, and Vinny Capra singled, but a double play would strand the runners, and any hope for the Sox.
Despite a walk and a single from the Sox in the sixth, nothing came from either, with the exception of an ejection.
Both teams were retired in order for the seventh inning, and the eighth was uneventful.
Down bad, Capra came in to pitch for the Sox. He gave up a single to Ildemaro Vargas, and Grichuk reached on a fielding error yet again. With two outs, Herrera singled, sending Vargas home. Perdomo hit a ground-rule RBI double to put the Diamondbacks up, 10-0. But in a fun turn of events, Capra struck Marte out to end the inning.
Futility Watch
White Sox 2025 Record: 25-54, the second-worst start in White Sox history and tied for the 69th-worst start in baseball history. A 25-54 record projects to 51-111 over a full season. A year ago, the record-breaking White Sox were 21-58.
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 21-58
2025 25-54
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2025, 19,285 games) 9,619-9,666 (.4988). It’s been 123 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 15-25
Race With the Colorado Rockies for to the Worst Record in 2025 6½ 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)
10 games better, in all cases
Race to the Worst Post-1899 Record (1916 A’s, 38-124 adjusted to 162 games) 13 games better