Game Summary: Chicago White Sox vs. San Diego Padres – September 21, 2024: Results, Stats, and Recap | Results

SAN DIEGO (AP) The Chicago White Sox tied the American League document with their 119th loss on Saturday night time, when Xander Bogaerts and Elias Díaz every hit a two-run homer to assist the San Diego Padres win 6-2 and transfer nearer to a playoff spot.

The White Sox (36-119) matched the AL mark set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers, who completed 43-119. One extra defeat for Chicago over its ultimate seven video games would equal the submit-1900 document of 120 losses by the 1962 growth New York Mets. Chicago is 9-48 for the reason that All-Star break.

The 1899 Cleveland Spiders maintain the foremost league document for losses at 20-134.

Chris Flexen (2-15) remained winless in his final 23 begins. The White Sox misplaced their twentieth straight street collection.

David Peralta additionally homered for San Diego (89-66), which maintained a two-recreation lead over Arizona for the highest NL wild card.

The Padres diminished their magic quantity to 2 for clinching their second playoff berth in three seasons. They received no assist from Atlanta or the New York Mets, who each gained Saturday.

Bogaerts gave the Padres a 2-0 lead along with his shot to left-middle subject with no outs within the second inning off Flexen. It was Bogaerts' eleventh homer and it got here with rookie Jackson Merrill aboard on a leadoff single.

Peralta homered with one out within the third, his eighth. Merrill, thought of by some the entrance-runner for NL Rookie of the Year, hit an RBI single within the fifth.

Díaz hit a two-run shot within the eighth off former Padres reliever Enyel De Los Santos. It was his sixth.

Lenyn Sosa hit an RBI single within the sixth for the White Sox off Martín Pérez (5-5). Bryan Ramos drew a bases-loaded stroll from Padres reliever Jason Adam within the eighth.

Pérez held Chicago to at least one run and two hits in 5 1/3 innings, struck out six and walked three.

Tanner Scott received 5 outs for his twenty second save.

Flexen allowed 4 runs and eight hits in 5 innings, struck out three and walked two.

TRAINER'S ROOM

White Sox: Returned RHP Michael Soroka from a rehab task at Triple-A Charlotte and reinstated him from the injured checklist. Designated RHP Chad Kuhl for task. Returned RHP Jordan Leasure from his rehab task, reinstated him from the IL and optioned him to Charlotte.

UP NEXT

White Sox RHP Sean Burke (1-0, 2.25 ERA) and Padres RHP Yu Darvish (6-3, 3.21) are scheduled to begin Sunday's collection finale.

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