Tyler O’Neill contributed two home runs for the Red Sox Boston beat the Red Sox 7-5 on Saturday White Sox Chicago, who reached a whopping 111 losses this season.
Chicago squandered a two-run homer by Andrew Vaughn in the first inning. The White Sox They were down 7-2 in the fifth and suffered their 19th consecutive defeat.
Los White Sox (32-111) are nine games away from matching the most since 1900 — 120 by the New York Mets in 1962. They are on pace to finish with a 36-126 record.
In 1899, the Cleveland Spiders set the record for most losses, going 20-134. Chicago has lost 14 of its last 15 games and 44 of its last 49.
Rob Refsnyder hit an RBI groundout and O’Neill put Boston ahead with a two-run homer that was part of a four-run first inning off Garrett Crochet (6-11), who fell to 0-6 in 15 starts dating to a June 7 win over Boston.
Boston (72-70) won its second straight game after a five-game losing streak and trails Minnesota (76-66) in the race for the final wild-card spot in the American League postseason.
Cooper Criswell (6-4) got the win, allowing two runs and six hits in five innings.
For the White Soxthe Cubans Luis Robert 5-0, Miguel Vargas 4-0. Venezuelan Lenyn Sosa 4-1.
For the Red SoxMexican Jarren Duran 1-for-4 with one run scored. Dominican Rafael Devers 1-for-2 with one run scored. Venezuelan Wilyer Abreu 0-for-1.
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