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The Chicago White Sox continue to be the masters of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.<\/p>\n

Chicago on Tuesday lost to the Kansas City Royals for their 26th defeat of the year. During the bottom of the ninth inning at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., the White Sox had a 3-2 lead. Royals pinch-hitter Mark Canha earned a leadoff walk, and teammate Drew Waters followed that up with an easy pop-fly hit to the right side of the infield.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it was far from easy for White Sox second baseman Chase Meidroth. After managing to get under the ball, Meidroth failed spectacularly to make the catch, and the ball ended up glancing off his glove and hitting him right on the top of the head instead. Canha was then able to advance to second base after a throw by White Sox right fielder Michael Taylor, who retrieved the errant ball, sailed high.<\/p>\n

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It was all downhill from there for the White Sox. Royals catcher Freddy Fermin would then produce a bunt single off a sacrifice attempt, Jonathan India followed two batters later with an infield single of his own to tie the game, and Bobby Witt Jr. finally won it for Kansas City with a walkoff base hit.<\/p>\n

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Meidroth, a 23-year-old rookie who was just called up last month, certainly picked a bad time to pull a Jose Canseco. He did not even have the infield fly rule to save him since there was only one runner on base at the time.<\/p>\n

The White Sox are once again in the cellar of the AL Central this season at 10-26 (.278). While that is at least marginally better than their historically awful 2024 season in which they went 41-121 (.253), Chicago stays inventing bizarre new ways to lose games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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