Boston returns the favor, decimating the South Siders in this high scoring Friday night series opener
Revenge is a dish best served cold, as they say. The Red Sox seemed to take their series loss last weekend personally, as they demolished the Pale Hose on Friday night, 10-3. White Sox pitching was utterly incapable of keeping Boston bats at bay, giving up a 10-spot, with the Red Sox hitting three home runs and seven total extra base hits. Starter Martín Pérez pitched only three innings before being lifted, with was was later said to be left forearm tightness.
Picking up the action in the bottom of the first, Rafael Devers stepped to the plate and reminded everyone that he is in fact still Rafael Devers, as he crushed a 74 mph curveball to the deepest part of the park for a ground-rule double.
Following an Alex Bregman walk, Trevor Story destroyed an 81 mph changeup for a three-run homer to put the Carmines up, 3-0. Pérez wasn’t fooling anyone early in this one.
In the bottom of the third, Story singled to center, and scored on a Rob Refsnyder double to left, as Pérez’s very bad day continued, falling behind 4-0.
In the next frame, Andrew Benintendi put the Pale Hose on the board, lacing the first pitch he saw into the right field corner for a solo home run. It was the first White Sox hit off of Boston starter Hunter Dobbins.
Boston would pick that run back up and more in the bottom half of the frame, on a Carlos Narváez double and a Ceddanne Rafaela blast to left. Penn Murfee proved to be no more effective at keeping the Red Sox off the board than Pérez, as the Pale Hose league-worst run differential continued to swell.
And the hits keep coming …
Martín Pérez left tonight’s game with left forearm soreness.
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 19, 2025
Story would add his second three-run homer, and Narváez added his first major league homer as Boston stretched their lead to 10-2.
In a small bit of bright news, Edgar Quero picked up his first major league hit, doubling in the ninth ahead of a Brooks Baldwin RBI single.
Three runs certainly wasn’t enough for the South Siders tonight, falling to Boston for their fifth consecutive loss.
Been keeping my eye on these standings for a few years now and it finally happened. The White Sox have the worst record in all of baseball since 2013 when they made Hahn the GM. Congrats to all involved.
Add one more to the loss column tonight. This is going to be a very lengthy rebuild …
Futility Watch
White Sox 2025 Record 4-15, second-worst start in White Sox history (2024, 3-16) and tied for 29th-worst start in baseball history. A 4-15 record projects to 34-128 over a full season.
White Sox 2025 Run Differential -29, worst in the American League, second-worst in baseball, and projecting to a 52-110 record
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2025, 19,225 games) 9,598-9,627 (.4992). It’s been 64 games since the White Sox had an all-time winning record
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)
7 games worse, in each case
Race to the Worst Post-1899 Record (1916 A’s, 36-117-1) 6 1⁄2 games worse
Race to the Worst All-Time MLB Record (1899 Spiders, 20-134) 5 games better