MLB

San Francisco Giants at Chicago White Sox

· Major League Baseball
San Francisco Giants
45-39, 20-22 Away
Final
2 - 5
Chicago White Sox
28-56, 19-24 Home

White Sox rally for 4 runs in seventh to beat Giants 5-2 and keep Verlander winless

Chase Meidroth stops mid-slide for incredible move to evade tag

Jonathan Cannon and five relievers combined to strike out 11. Tyler Gilbert (2-1) struck out two in an inning for the win. Mike Vasil pitched around a walk in the ninth for his second save.

Mike Tauchman and Chase Meidroth singled with one out off Erik Miller (4-1) in the seventh before Miguel Vargas drew a walk against Ryan Walker to load the bases. Teel doubled, Walker balked to bring in another run and Lenyn Sosa singled to drive in the fourth run of the inning.

Verlander allowed a run, five hits and two walks, striking out three in six innings in sometimes rainy conditions. The three-time Cy Young Award winner’s 13-game winless streak is the longest by a Giants starter since at least 1901. Before signing with San Francisco in January, Verlander’s previous longest winless streak was seven starts.

Christian Koss had two hits and Patrick Bailey doubled to drive in a run for the Giants, who have lost 11 of 16.

Tauchman and Teel each had three hits for the AL-worst White Sox, who won for just the fifth time in 17 games.

Cannon, who was reinstated from the injured list before the game, allowed a run in three innings.

Willy Adames drew a four-pitch walk against Jordan Leasure with the bases loaded to give the Giants a 2-1 lead in the fifth.

Key moment The Giants loaded the bases in the eighth. Vasil got a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning and yelled as he walked off the mound.

Key stat Verlander needs 38 wins to reach 300 in his career.

Up next Giants: RHP Logan Webb (7-5, 2.52 ERA) is set to start Monday’s series opener at Arizona. RHP Ryne Nelson (4-2, 3.71) is scheduled to pitch for the Diamondbacks.

White Sox: RHP Shane Smith (3-5, 3.38) will start Tuesday at the Los Angeles Dodgers opposite RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7-6, 2.61).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Yastrzemski grounded into double play, first to shortstop to first, Flores out at second.
9th Inning Flores walked.
9th Inning Devers struck out looking.
8th Inning Benintendi grounded out to first.
8th Inning Meidroth grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Slater to third, M. Taylor out at home.
8th Inning Slater reached on bunt single to third, M. Taylor to second, Slater to second, M. Taylor safe at third on throwing error by third baseman Koss.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 1
7 Ground Balls 9
11 Strikeouts 3
2 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
6 Hits 11
1 Stolen Bases 1
8 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
2 Runs 5
3 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 1
30 At Bats 34
0 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
26 Runners Left On Base 26
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 2
12 Fly Balls 23
0 Caught Stealing 0
169 Pitches 126
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
8 Total Bases 13
40 Plate Appearances 39
0.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
2 Extra Base Hits 2
3.6 Runs Created 5.8
.200 Batting Average .324
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.267 Slugging Percentage .382
.367 Secondary Average .176
.400 On Base Percentage .385
.667 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .767
0.6 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
3.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 6.5
19.0 Batter Rating 34.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.23 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.23
.067 Isolated Power .059
0.73 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 1.00
.200 Walks Per Plate Appearance .077
.167 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.147
4.0 Runs Produced 9.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.8
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.4
71.0 MLB Rating 87.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

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Location: Chicago, Illinois
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2025 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 56 32 .636 - W4
San Diego 46 40 .535 9 L1
San Francisco 47 41 .534 9 W2
Arizona 43 44 .494 12.5 L2
Colorado 20 67 .230 35.5 W1

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 54 34 .614 - L2
Minnesota 41 46 .471 12.5 L1
Cleveland 40 45 .471 12.5 L7
Kansas City 41 47 .466 13 W1
Chicago 28 59 .322 25.5 L3
Full Standings