White Sox Collapse in Ninth, Lose to Royals in Little League Fashion

The Chicago White Sox are turning baseball into a tragic comedy, dropping another game in spectacularly hapless fashion against the Kansas City Royals. With a 10-28 record entering Tuesday, the Sox held a fragile lead in the ninth, only to watch it unravel like a bad sitcom.

Royals’ Drew Waters popped up to second, an easy out—until Chase Meidroth let the ball bonk off his head, leaving everyone safe. Then, in a textbook bunt situation, the Sox flubbed the play, loading the bases with no outs. Kyle Isbel’s pop-out should’ve ended the inning, but it was just the first out. Jonathan India’s grounder to shortstop Jacob Amaya led to a wild toss, scoring a run and keeping the bases juiced.

Enter Bobby Witt Jr., last season’s MVP runner-up, who laced a ball into the outfield, easily plating the winning run. The Sox trudged off at 10-29, their .256 winning percentage whispering last year’s 121-loss nightmare. This isn’t their first facepalm moment—last month, Mike Tauchman’s hamstring betrayed him mid-tie, costing them another game.

Meidroth, a key piece in the Garrett Crochet trade to Boston, is already a symbol of the Sox’s woes. Meanwhile, the Colorado Rockies, at 6-28, make Chicago’s misery look almost respectable.