MLB

Chicago White Sox at Washington Nationals

· Major League Baseball
Chicago White Sox
59-101, 26-53 Away
Final
10 - 9
Washington Nationals
65-95, 31-48 Home

Montgomery's ninth-inning homer leads White Sox to 10-9 win over Nationals

Luis Garcia Jr. hits a trifecta of homers

Luis García Jr. hit a career-high three of Washington’s six home runs. Josh Bell, CJ Abrams and Daylen Lile also homered for the Nationals. It was the team's most homers in a game since July 19, 2021 against Miami.

Fraser Ellard (1-2) pitched one-third of an inning for the win and Grant Taylor pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.

Jose A. Ferrer (4-4) gave up two runs — one earned — in the ninth, his fourth blown save.

Jordan Leasure's string of 14 consecutive scoreless innings, which had been the third-longest active streak in MLB, was snapped.

Chase Meidroth reached on a fielding error and opened the scoring when Miguel Vargas singled. Brooks Baldwin doubled to drive in two runs and then scored on a double by Sosa to give the White Sox a 4-0 lead.

Sosa homered to leadoff the fourth inning and Kyle Teel added a run-scoring single to make it 6-1.

James Wood struck out once, bringing his league-worst strikeout tally to 216 this season. Mark Reynolds holds the MLB single-season record for strikeouts with 223 in 2009.

Key moment Teel reached on a fielding error by Ferrer and two pitches later Montgomery hit a 97-mph sinker over the wall in right-center field.

Key stats The White Sox, who were 0 for 28 during their five-game skid and batted .103 (6 of 58) with runners in scoring position over their last 12, went 5 of 11 with runners in scoring position.

Up next Sean Burke (4-11, 4.29 ERA) pitches Saturday for the White Sox against Jake Irvin (9-13, 5.69) in the second of the three-game series.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Chaparro struck out swinging.
9th Inning Abrams struck out swinging.
9th Inning Wood lined out to center.
9th Inning Nuñez singled to left.
9th Inning G. Taylor relieved Ellard
9th Inning Nuñez hit for DeJong

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
16 Ground Balls 11
10 Strikeouts 11
10 Runs Batted In 9
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
11 Hits 13
2 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
10 Runs 9
0 Ground Into Double Play 2
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
38 At Bats 38
2 Home Runs 6
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
13 Runners Left On Base 11
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 1
13 Fly Balls 16
0 Caught Stealing 0
151 Pitches 136
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
19 Total Bases 32
42 Plate Appearances 39
324.0 Projected Home Runs 972.0
4 Extra Base Hits 7
6.9 Runs Created 9.7
.289 Batting Average .342
.000 Pinch Hit Average 1.000
.500 Slugging Percentage .842
.316 Secondary Average .526
.333 On Base Percentage .359
.833 OBP Pct + SLG Pct 1.201
1.2 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.7
6.7 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 9.7
63.0 Batter Rating 69.0
19.0 At Bats Per Home Run 6.3
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.60 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.49
.211 Isolated Power .500
0.20 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.09
.048 Walks Per Plate Appearance .026
.026 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .184
20.0 Runs Produced 18.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.9
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
101.3 MLB Rating 113.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Nationals Park

Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Attendance: 33,938 | Capacity:

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 88 74 .543 - W2
Detroit 87 75 .537 1 L1
Kansas City 82 80 .506 6 W2
Minnesota 70 92 .432 18 L1
Chicago 60 102 .370 28 W1

2025 National League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Philadelphia 96 66 .593 - W1
New York 83 79 .512 13 L1
Miami 79 83 .488 17 W1
Atlanta 76 86 .469 20 W1
Washington 66 96 .407 30 L1
Full Standings