On the day the White Sox unveiled a stadium tribute to Pope Leo XIV — a longtime fan of the group — they could have examined the brand new pontiff’s religion with one other disappointing efficiency Monday at Fee Area.
Hours earlier than the sport, the Sox unveiled a mural honoring the brand new pope, who had a seat for Recreation 1 of the 2005 World Collection — Part 140, Row 19, Seat 2. That seat can be commemorated later this season.
Then the Sox confirmed how far they’ve fallen since their wire-to-wire run to that World Collection title when their shedding streak reached 5 video games with a 5-1 defeat by the hands of the Mariners.
After getting swept by the Cubs over the weekend at Wrigley Area, the Sox seemed as if they wanted a time without work Monday, getting simply 5 hits whereas dropping to 14-34.
The Sox didn’t rating till a ninth-inning rally.
They wasted one other sturdy outing by a starter. Proper-hander Davis Martin held the Mariners to 2 runs and 4 hits in a career-high 7⅓ innings.
Cam Booser changed Martin (2-5) with one on within the eighth. He walked J.P. Crawford and yielded a single to pinch hitter Mitch Garver earlier than Julio Rodriguez related for his second profession grand slam.
Luis Castillo (4-3) pitched seven sturdy innings, permitting three hits, hanging out 5 and strolling none to earn his first victory since April 26. He retired the final 14 batters he confronted and is 2-0 with a 1.71 ERA in 4 profession begins in opposition to the Sox.
The Sox scored their solely run on an RBI single by Andrew Vaughn with two outs within the ninth. Andres Munoz struck out Michael A. Taylor with the bases loaded for his fifteenth save.
The American League West-leading Mariners used three consecutive two-out singles to attain their first run within the third. Ben Williamson raced residence from second on Jorge Polanco’s grounder into proper discipline.
Polanco is a .273 hitter (106-for-388) with 24 residence runs and 73 RBI in 101 profession video games in opposition to the Sox.
The Sox wasted a primary scoring alternative within the second. Joshua Palacios hit a leadoff double and moved to 3rd on a grounder by Vaughn. However Austin Slater struck out swinging earlier than Josh Rojas flied out.
It amounted to a different loss for the Sox on a day they honored their most well-known fan.
The Sox and their followers have embraced their connection to the brand new pope since he was elected. The group mentioned it despatched a jersey and a hat to the Vatican after the announcement.
Some followers have been dressing because the pope for residence video games, and there are a number of T-shirts that commemorate the pope, beforehand referred to as Robert Prevost or Father Bob.
‘‘The pope completely has an open invite to come back again,’’ Sox advertising and marketing chief Brooks Boyer mentioned. “To return sit in Part 140, to throw out a primary pitch. Heck, perhaps we’ll let him get an at-bat.’’
