Chris Flexen was decent enough over 4 2/3 innings, but with this White Sox team, respectable just won’t cut it. Corey Seager put the Rangers on the board quickly with a solo jack in the bottom of the first, as Flexen labored over a 26-pitch inning, giving up two more hits after the bomb. However, despite the initial trouble, he settled in nicely until the fifth frame rolled around.

The Good Guys manufactured their first run in the top of the second off Texas starter Nathan Eovaldi after Andrew Vaughn led off with a base hit and Nicky Lopez drove him home with a two-out single. Then, Luis Robert Jr. added another run on a four-bagger in the top of the third inning. Gordon Beckham and John Schriffen were so uninterested in the play on the field that they completely missed the dinger. I mean, can you blame them? Yeah, well, of course you can, they’re paid really well to, like, not miss home runs. But to be fair, the duo was engrossed in a discussion of the upcoming Yacht Rock Night at Guaranteed Rate Field, which clearly is more interesting than whatever the South Siders are trying to do.

The Sox held the lead until the bottom of the fifth, when doubles by Seager and Adolis García tied the game at 2-2. That ended Flexen’s night, as Sammy Peralta came on to try to limit the damage. No such luck, though, as he gave up a single to Nathanial Lowe, which put the Rangers up, 3-2. Peralta also struggled in the sixth and surrendered another tally, giving Texas a bit more cushion at 4-2. Although it’s not like they’d really need it against this anemic Chicago offense.

The Lone Stars officially put this one away when they added six more runs in the eighth, as Jared Shuster imploded. It was ugly, including a revenge oppo taco by Robbie Grossman and a three-run bomb by Lowe.

Another day, another game, another loss. History in the making, folks. It’s the second 10-game losing streak of the season. One hundred twenty-four years, and it’s as awful as it’s ever been.

Stay tuned to see how bad it gets — we have 58 more of these to play.

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