The White Sox have now reached 12 losses in a row, the only team in Major League Baseball to lose 10 or more in a row. They’re one loss away from passing the 1962 Mets, who went 27-79. That’s right on pace to have the worst season in Major League Baseball. Ozzie Guillén even decided not to waste his time in the postgame show by sharing his thoughts on the game.

This season has been terrible, but something about tonight’s game was just flat-out humiliating. Rookie Drew Thorpe had the worst first inning of baseball I’ve seen in a long time. Reminiscent of Lucas Giolito’s morning start in Boston on Patriot’s Day. But Thorpe isn’t the only one at fault in this game — not by a long shot.

The offense completely gave up before they could get to the bottom on the first. They managed to get only seven hits in the game, three of which came off the bat of Tommy Pham. The designated hitter can’t hit the ball in the air to save his life, or career honestly. Our franchise player was lost at the plate all night, and his last 32 at-bats have resulted in 18 strikeouts. The rookies have no leadership, and the highest contract the White Sox has ever given out has been the biggest waste of space. Injuries are no longer an acceptable excuse. This team is just downright bad, excluding a tiny handful, and there isn’t a single coach, manager, GM, or owner with this team who can fix it. They constructed this team and have been complicit in the downfall.

Anyway, let’s break down this embarrassing loss.

Thorpe, who usually looks decent, had the worst start of his career. Cal Raleigh started things off with a one-out double, followed by a Jorge Polanco walk. Thorpe was unable to execute a pick-off to Brooks Baldwin, allowing both baserunners to advance. He then walked Mitch Haniger to load the bases, still with only one out.

Jason Vosler hit the ball into the right field to send two home. Mitch Garver came up next with an RBI double and sent another runner home. Next up, Josh Rojas’s three-run shot put the Mariners up 6-0 with two outs. Jared Shuster rushed to get ready in the bullpen while Thorpe continued to get rocked.

The Mariners hit back-to-back-to-back homers with Dylan Moore crushing the ball on a fastball to make it 7-0. The booth started questioning if pitch tipping was involved right before Víctor Robles, who started the game with a groundout, hit a homer on a pitch right down the middle. Thorpe was finally pulled at 39 pitches and 21 strikes. Thankfully, Shuster was able to get Raleigh to ground out to end that brutal inning.

Dylan Cease throwing a no hitter, Garrett Crochet tanking his trade value, and now Drew Thorpe getting hammered by Seattle of all teams. White Sox fans cannot have peace.

— Courtney Finnicum (@courtney883) July 27, 2024

You would think the White Sox would at least try, but Luis Robert Jr. started the inning by striking out swinging. Pham singled, Andrew Vaughn was out on a liner, and Eloy Jiménez struck out. Good job boys!

Shuster had an easy 1-2-3 inning in the second, thank goodness. Alas, the only action in the bottom of the inning was an Andrew Benintendi single. That’s it.

All was calm again for the top of the third, but for how long? George Kirby continued to dominate, only allowing three hits thus far, two from Pham. No runs occurred in the bottom of the third.

Raleigh got his second hit of the game thanks to Benintendi forgetting how to field, and Polanco took the ball right down the middle for a two-run homer, now 10-0 at the end of the fourth.

What happened in the bottom of the fourth? Strikeout, foul out, strikeout. They’re getting shut out for sure.

After two from walks and on and two outs in the fifth, Shuster gave up another walk to load the bases. Pedro Grifol pulled him out of the game. I will say, he did his job by eating some innings. Sammy Peralta came in to face Raleigh, who reached on a fielder’s choice, but it didn’t matter since Robles was then out at second.

Baldwin got a hit in the fifth — and it was a double! Robert took a two-out walk. However, Pham was unable to plate anyone. Down bad.

Corey Julks replaced Robert in center field because what’s the point of keeping him in during a bloodbath? It was 10-0 and only the sixth inning. Peralta had an easy inning, only facing four batters.

Vaughn singled to left in the sixth. Naturally, Jiménez grounded into a double play, and Benintendi died before the ball could even make it to the left-field warning track.

Garver got his third hit of the night in the seventh, now one off each White Sox pitcher this evening. The rest of the inning was easy for the defense. Paul DeJong doubled to start the bottom of the seventh. He was stranded, of course.

Peralta dazzled with his changeup, which allowed an easy eighth inning. Pham, the only position player trying tonight, got his third hit of the night and ran his ass off to turn a single into a double. M’s relieve Trent Thorton gave up a four-pitch walk for Vaughn. Death, taxes, Jiménez hit into another double play to end the inning.

Garver picked up his second walk of the night with two outs in the ninth, but Rojas ended the inning by grounding out to Peralta. Also, I’m just going to say it now, Peralta was great. He pitched 4 1/3 innings without giving up a single run, only two hits, and two balls, and struck out three. For someone who never goes longer than two innings of relief, he was the MVP for tonight.

DeJong picked up a one-out walk in the ninth. Alas, Baldwin hit into a double play to end the game.

It’s time to trade everyone, fire all the coaches, forfeit the season, and sell the damn team. Fans deserve so much better than the shitty product the White Sox put out on the field night after night. If you’ve made it this far, thanks for listening.

“Billy, meet the 2024 White Sox. The last time they won a game, Joe Biden was adamant about staying in the race, nobody had seen a J.D. Vance meme, ‘Hawk Tuah!’ was a popular catch phrase and ‘Despicable Me 4’ was the Number 1 movie in America. It was a different time, Billy.” pic.twitter.com/PXupcwADYk

— Richard Roeper (@RichardERoeper) July 27, 2024