South Side Sox · Sep 21, 2024
Extra extra pain: Padres 3, White Sox 2 (10 innings)
By golly, Petco was quiet for a hot minute after Lenyn Sosa cranked a last-strike homer to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth. Note Nicky Lopez and his utter look of incredulity at bottom middle.There was every sign of this being a typical White Sox loss: five hits, 12 Ks (although to be fair, two homers!), 1-for-8 with RISP. But just like that, Lenyn Sosa gave the White Sox and (pretty comically) stunned the Petco Park crowd into utter silence with a two-run game-evener on a full count and two outs:
Keeping the White Sox and their amazing, late good fortune alive was an end to regulation that saw Luis Arráez scream a line drive into an inning-ending double play.