The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 MLB file of 120 losses by the 1962 growth New York Mets on Sunday when the San Diego Padres gained 4-2 by rallying for 3 runs within the eighth inning, capped by Fernando Tatis Jr.’s towering residence run.
The White Sox (36-120) had taken a 2-1 lead on residence runs by Korey Lee and Miguel Vargas off Yu Darvish, however that lead rapidly disappeared within the eighth.
This defeat got here a day after the White Sox tied the American League file of 119 losses set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers.
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders maintain the key league file for losses at 20-134.
The Padres (90-66) clinched their first 90-win season since 2010, after they completed 90-72 however missed the postseason because of a brutal September collapse.
The Padres lowered their magic quantity to at least one for clinching their third postseason berth since 2020.
The Padres tied it at 2 when Donovan Solano and pinch-hitter Luis Arraez hit consecutive doubles opening the eighth towards Fraser Ellard (2-3). Arraez superior on a wild pitch and scored the go-ahead run on Jurickson Profar’s sacrifice fly.
Tatis then drove a towering shot into the left discipline stands, his twentieth homer of the season.
White Sox rookie Sean Burke held the Padres to at least one run and two hits in six innings in simply his third huge league look and second begin. He struck out eight and walked one.
Lee, who grew up in northern San Diego County, hit a line shot homer to left with one out within the third, his eleventh.
Jurickson Profar tied it when he hit an opposite-field shot to left with one out within the backside of the inning. It was his twenty fourth, extending his career-best.
The White Sox jumped again forward on Vargas’ homer to left-center with one out within the sixth, his fifth.
The earliest the Padres can clinch a playoff spot is Tuesday night time, after they open an enormous three-game sequence on the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres entered Sunday trailing the Dodgers by three video games.
Darvish grew to become the primary Japanese-born participant to achieve 2,000 profession strikeouts when he fanned Jacob Amaya within the third. With 9 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings on Sunday, he pushed his 12-season MLB whole to (2003). He walked 9 whereas permitting two runs and three hits.
