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SAN DIEGO (AP) – The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 MLB record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets on Sunday when the San Diego Padres won 4-2 by rallying for three runs in the eighth inning, capped by Fernando Tatis Jr.’s towering home run.
The White Sox (36-120) had taken a 2-1 lead on home runs by Korey Lee and Miguel Vargas off Yu Darvish, but that lead quickly disappeared in the eighth.
This loss came one day after the White Sox tied the American League record of 119 losses set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers.
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders hold the major league record for losses at 20-134.
Acting manager Grady Sizemore did not address the team afterwards.
“No loss is good,” he said. “It’s not something we focus on. I think everyone outside this club is more obsessed with him than we are. The way we spin is to put this one behind us and get ready for the series back home.”
With one more loss in their last six games, the White Sox will hold the all-time record outright. They finish with three at home against the Los Angeles Angels starting Tuesday night and finish with three at Detroit, which is in the AL wild card hunt.
“I guess when you lose 120 it’s easier to write it off, but it stinks to go through it, but that’s where we’re at,” veteran Andrew Benintendi said.
The Padres (90-66) achieved their first 90-win season since 2010, when they finished 90-72 but missed the postseason thanks to a brutal fall in September.
The Padres lowered their magic number to one for clinching their third postseason berth since 2020.
The Padres control their own destiny in a three-game series at the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers beginning Tuesday night, but they would have to win out to clinch the division title. Although the Dodgers have a three-game lead over the Padres, San Diego owns the tiebreaker. San Diego has a three-game lead over Arizona for the NL’s top wild card. The Padres finish with three games in Arizona next weekend.
Some in the sold-out crowd of 45,197 began chanting “Beat LA!” as Padres players and staff greet the fans after the final home game of the regular season. San Diego set a franchise attendance record of 3,314,593 in 80 games.
“We’re never out and that’s probably been since the first week we played baseball this year,” Tatis said. “What we’ve been doing here is very special. We have the talent to go all the way. But it’s time to take care of business one day at a time.”
The Padres tied it at 2 when Donovan Solano and pinch hitter Luis Arraez hit consecutive doubles to open the eighth against Fraser Ellard (2-3). Arraez advanced on a wild pitch and scored the go-ahead run on Jurickson Profar’s sacrifice fly.
Tatis then drove a massive shot into the left field stands, his 20th homer of the season.
“It felt amazing. It felt like I was showing it like that after I hit it,” said Tatis, who had an exuberant trot after the 389-foot blast, including a stutter at third base.
White Sox rookie Sean Burke held the Padres to one run and two hits in six innings in just his third major league appearance and second start. He struck out eight and walked one.
“Burke threw a hell of a game,” Benintendi said. “They’ve got a lot of good bats up and down that scene, guys that have played for a long time and once they get the lead with that bullpen, it seems like it’s over at this point time.”
Lee, who grew up in northern San Diego County, hit a line drive homer to left with one out in the third, his 11th.
Profar tied the game when he hit an opposite field shot to left with one out in the bottom of the inning. It was his 24th, extending his career best.
The White Sox jumped back in front on Vargas’ homer to left center with one out in the sixth, his fifth.
Darvish became the first Japanese-born player to reach 2,000 career hits when he singled off Jacob Amaya at third base. With nine strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings Sunday, he pushed his MLB season total to 12 (2003). He walked nine while allowing two runs and three hits.
Robert Suarez, who has struggled recently, pitched the ninth for his 34th save.
UP NEXT
White Sox: RHP Jonathan Cannon (4-10, 4.61 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game home series against the Los Angeles Angels, who will go with RHP Jack Kochanowicz (2-5, 4.56) .
Padres: RHP Michael King (12-9, 3.04) is set to start Tuesday night’s three-game series opener at the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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