The White Sox have lost 19 consecutive series
So it goes for these White Sox, who have found all kinds of ways and taken all avenues to defeat imaginable in 2024.
With All-Star left-hander Garrett Crochet starting against the Red Sox Saturday at Fenway Park, a road to victory was presented early with a two-run homer from Andrew Vaughn against Cooper Criswell in the first inning.
Exactly how they’d draw it up.
Only to see the Red Sox (72-70) bash Crochet for four runs in the bottom of the first inning of a 7-5 defeat, the Sox’ 111th of the season.
“That’s baseball, man,” said Vaughn, who had three hits. “It really is.”
It’s baseball the White Sox way, that’s for sure. Lose late, lose early and in between. This result gave them 19 series losses in a row.
A single, double, RBI groundout, home run and double is how the Red Sox greeted Crochet. Tyler O’Neill’s homer ruffled a hanging green sign above the Green Monster in left. Connor Wong’s double thumped off the Monster.
Along the way, former White Sox Romy Gonzalez singled, stole second and third on Crochet and scored a run. Gonzalez had three hits and three stolen bases.
“Didn’t command the fastball to the glove side, everything was kind of just mid-thigh,” said Crochet, who struck out 10 Red Sox over six innings in a White Sox victory on June 7 in Chicago.
