White Sox Roasted by MLB Fans Over Embarrassing Rundown vs. Phillies

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The Chicago White Sox lost their third straight game on Sunday, an 8-2 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The loss drops their record to 3-18, the worst mark in MLB.
The White Sox certainly looked the part of a team with such a record during one particular sequence in the bottom of the first inning. With runners on first (Bryce Harper) and third (Trea Turner), Chicago pitcher Nick Nastrini struck out J.T. Realmuto just as Harper attempted to steal second base.
Chicago appeared to be in business when Harper got stuck in a rundown, but the Phillies star stalled just long enough, allowing Turner to break for home plate.
White Sox second baseman Lenyn Sosa then hurled the ball past catcher Martin Maldanado, resulting in Turner scoring and Harper sliding into second base safely.
Check in on your friends who are Chicago White Sox fans pic.twitter.com/RQslk1OjNr
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) April 21, 2024
It was a disastrous sequence for Chicago, and MLB fans let them have it on social media.
White Sox are a AAA team this year? 2024 been wild.
— El Hodlador🔝 — Ⓚ 💎👊🏼 (@Rk_isOKAY) April 21, 2024
High School baseball teams handle this situation better 😂
— WinStreakz App (@WinStreakzApp) April 21, 2024
me in mlb the show on all star . haha
— BiggBreeze (@BigBreezy29) April 21, 2024
I'll forever be grateful to my older brother for converting the family to Cubs fans while I was an infant. https://t.co/whzkNkFd3y
— Michael Ernst (@mj_ernst) April 21, 2024
We practiced this so much in high school…it makes me cringe to see an MLB team botch a 1st and 3rd play this bad 😂 https://t.co/Tan0O6tkZu
— Josh Cole (@JoshCole555) April 21, 2024
What was Lenyn Sosa thinking?! He threw this one into Ohio! https://t.co/W0bZAndbz6
— Andy Beebe 🟧 (@Andy_Beebe) April 21, 2024
Lol the Whitesox are literally a JV baseball team I hope they literally lose 120 games https://t.co/W7I1zpwGfk
— Sean Zuba (@seanzuba15) April 21, 2024
These ChiSox are unwatchable https://t.co/o1wZ3Z7p7I
— Gonzalo Monroy (@GMonroyEnergy_) April 21, 2024
Chicago will look to right the ship in a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins, beginning on Monday night.

Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in November 2023, he wrote for RotoBaller and ClutchPoints, where he was the lead editor for MLB, college football and NFL coverage. A lifelong Yankees and Giants fan, Capurso grew up just outside New York City and now lives near Philadelphia. When he's not writing, he enjoys reading, exercising and spending time with his family, including his three-legged cat Willow, who, unfortunately, is an Eagles fan.
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