The White Sox opened their six-game homestand with a thud, falling 8-1 to the Red Sox on a night when almost nothing went right at the plate or on the mound. Chicago was out-hit 11-4, and the only offense worth mentioning came from Sam Antonacci, who collected three hits, and Kyle Teel, who drove in the lone run. The Twins also beat the Guardians, so the White Sox still hold a one-game lead in the AL Central.
Noah Schultz was in trouble right away. The first inning turned into a bases-loaded mess, and he needed 33 pitches just to survive it.
He settled in enough to get through five innings, but the damage kept piling up as Boston worked deep counts, launched two homers, and drew three walks. Schultz allowed four runs on seven hits, struck out three, and threw 92 pitches.
His sinker was his most-used pitch at 25%, and it produced his best called-strike-plus-whiff rate at 26%. Overall, he finished with a 20% CSW, and his ERA climbed to 6.00.
The opening inning set the tone. Anthony Seigler and Ceddanne Rafaela opened with bloop hits, Willson Contreras walked to load the bases, and Schultz had to dig out of the jam by striking out Romy Gonzalez before getting a lineout to end it.
The second inning was where things started to unravel. Schultz struck out Jarren Duran to begin the frame, then Andruw Monasterio sent a homer to left for Boston’s first run.
Connor Wong followed with a bunt single, and after a flyout, Schultz gave up another homer that pushed the Red Sox ahead 3-0.
Boston kept adding on in the fourth. A double, wild pitch, walk, and squeeze bunt came one after another, and Wong dropped down another bunt for an RBI to make it 4-0. Teel did provide a bright spot behind the plate, throwing out Contreras trying to steal second in the third and catching Wilyer Abreu stealing in the fifth.
Payton Tolle had a much calmer night against Chicago. The Red Sox starter worked six shutout innings, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out six.
Antonacci was the only White Sox hitter who really solved him, with two of his three hits coming against Tolle. Chicago’s lineup was mostly quiet, and through six innings the White Sox had only two hits total, both from Antonacci.
Tolle leaned on his fastball and cutter, and the White Sox had a hard time touching either one.
The seventh finally brought a little life. Chicago loaded the bases after Meidroth walked, Antonacci picked up his third hit, and Junior Perez singled to fill the bases for Teel.
But the rally never fully broke through. Teel drove in a run with an RBI ground out, and then the inning ended with back-to-back strikeouts, leaving the White Sox down 4-1.
The bullpen held things together for a while after Schultz exited. Seranthony Domínguez worked through a shaky sixth and escaped without allowing a run, Jordan Hicks struck out two in a clean seventh, and Brandon Eisert inherited a three-run game in the ninth. That’s where the game got messy in a hurry.
Eisert walked two batters and had Contreras down to his final strike before Contreras lined a ball down the left-field line. It was initially called foul, then changed to fair while the play was still unfolding, and two runs scored.
Romy Gonzalez then hit nearly the same kind of ball down the right-field line for another delayed fair call and another RBI. Trevor Richards came in after that, walked Caleb Durbin, and gave up a hit to Duran that brought home the eighth run.
Chicago went down in order in the bottom of the ninth, closing out a rough night. The White Sox will try to bounce back with Davis Martin on the mound tomorrow.
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