The Chicago White Sox defeated the Los Angeles Angels 7-0 in their final home game of the 2024 season and in so doing managed to avoid setting a modern MLB record with 121 losses - at least for now.
The Chisox scored all 7 of their runs in the fifth inning - the most runs they scored in any inning this season.
Starting pitcher Chris Flexen pitched 6.1 innings of scoreless ball earning his first win since May 8th against the Tampa Bay Rays. Until today, Flexen had gone 24 starts without a win during which he had a record of 0-12.
Today's win also marked the South Siders first sweep in nearly five months when they won three straight games vs the Rays in late April.
The timing worked out for the White Sox as they played an Angels team which owns the second worst record in the AL. For all of the Chisox's misfortunes, the players are firmly behind interim manager Grady Sizemore despite going 11-31 since he took over the club last month. The same cannot be said for Angels manager Ron Washington who carelessly said his team were "not big league baseball players" before having to do damage control. All things considered I think Sizemore has a better chance of managing the White Sox in 2025 than Washington does with the Halos.
The South Siders have a tall task ahead of them as they head to Detroit to play the hottest team in MLB. Since August 11th, the Tigers have gone 30-11 and roared past the Minnesota Twins to take an AL Wild Card berth. With today's victory over the Rays, the Tigers have won five in a row and 9 of their last 10 games.
But this gives the White Sox something for which to play this weekend aside from pride. They have a chance to become a post-season spoiler. If the Chisox sweep the Tigers, they will not only have not eclipsed the '62 Mets but they would finish the year with a season high 6-game winning streak.
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