Chicago White Sox at Washington Nationals

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Chicago White Sox

60-102, 27-54 Away

Final
8 - 0

Washington Nationals

66-96, 32-49 Home

Shane Smith give up one hit in six innings as White Sox rout Nationals, 8-0

Miguel Vargas and Dominic Fletcher also homered for the White Sox, who concluded their first season under Will Venable at 60-102. It was a 19-game improvement after the franchise went 41-121 in 2024 to set the modern record for single-season losses.

Washington closed at 66-96, a decline of five games after going 71-91 the last two seasons.

The Nationals finished last in the NL East for the fifth time in six years. Interim manager Miguel Cairo was 29-43 after taking over for Dave Martinez, who was fired July 6 with Washington at 37-53.

Smith (7-8) retired the first 16 batters he faced before Brady House singled. The right-hander struck out eight in six innings.

Vargas hit a two-run homer off Washington starter Brad Lord (5-10) in the first inning. Baldwin hit a solo shot and Fletcher had a two-run homer in the fourth.

Lord allowed five runs in four innings.

Baldwin added a two-run double off Shinnosuke Ogasawara in the fifth.

Former National Michael A. Taylor, who announced his retirement before the game, received applause before each plate appearance and had an RBI groundout in the eighth in his final at-bat.

Key moment Before the first pitch, the Nationals emptied the dugout and bullpen and doffed their caps toward broadcaster Bob Carpenter, who is retiring after 20 years as the team’s television play-by-play voice.

Key stat Washington OF James Wood struck out three times to finish with 221 for the season, the third most in a season behind Mark Reynolds (223 in 2009) and Adam Dunn (222 in 2012).

Washington’s season attendance of 1,916,768 was a 1% decrease from last year’s total.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Nuñez struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Nuñez hit for Wood
	9th Inning	Hassell III struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hill in center field.
	9th Inning	Hassell III hit for Young
	9th Inning	House flied out to left.

Statistics

CHW		WSH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	6
8	Strikeouts	13
8	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	1
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	28
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	2
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
15	Fly Balls	9
0	Caught Stealing	0
149	Pitches	114
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
22	Total Bases	1
40	Plate Appearances	28
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	0
7.2	Runs Created	-2.3
.270	Batting Average	.036
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.595	Slugging Percentage	.036
.405	Secondary Average	.000
.325	On Base Percentage	.036
.920	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.071
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
7.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-2.3
57.0	Batter Rating	1.0
12.3	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.07
.324	Isolated Power	.000
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.075	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.135	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.036
16.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.0
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
99.0	MLB Rating	51.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0