Sean Manaea on Sunday pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and Francisco Lindor belted his 29th home run as the New York Mets beat Chicago 2-0 to hand the White Sox their franchise-record 107th loss.
Chicago (31-107) broke the club mark for losses set by the 1970 team. The White Sox also completed the first 0-10 homestand in franchise history, becoming the first team since the 1965 Mets to have three 10-game losing streaks in one season.
Lindor gave New York a 1-0 lead when he connected leading off the fourth inning against Garrett Crochet. Starling Marte drove an RBI double off the center-field wall against Justin Anderson in the ninth inning as the Mets squeezed out their fourth straight win and ninth in 13 games to finish a 7-3 trip.
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They pulled within a game of Atlanta for the final National League wild-card spot when the Braves lost 3-2 at Philadelphia in 11 innings.
“We knew coming in here, especially after playing the Padres and the Diamondbacks, that we needed to keep the intensity, we needed to stay locked in, match their energy,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “I’m proud of the guys that we were able to do it one day at a time, and finally getting that last one 2-0 was important for us.”
Manaea (11-5) struck out five, walked two and hit a batter with a pitch. The left-hander is 3-0 in his past four outings, and New York has won 12 of his past 15 starts.
Manaea retired his first 11 batters before walking Lenyn Sosa, but then picked off Sosa at first base to end the fourth inning. The White Sox did not get a hit until Miguel Vargas lined a single to left with two outs in the fifth.
Chicago threatened to score in the seventh inning, only to come away empty-handed.
Luis Robert Jr got hit by a pitch leading off, but was thrown out trying to steal second. Andrew Vaughn walked with two outs and Gavin Sheets singled in front of sliding left fielder Jesse Winker, putting runners on the corners. Manaea then retired Vargas on a fly to left to escape that jam.
Reed Garrett retired all three batters in the eighth inning. Edwin Diaz struck out the side in the ninth for his 16th save in 22 chances as the Mets completed their sixth shutout of the season — all since July 11.
The White Sox were shut out for the 15th time. They have been on the wrong end of 22 series sweeps — top in the majors by a wide margin. Miami are second with 10.
Chicago are 4-36 since the All-Star break and 3-18 under interim manager Grady Sizemore. The worst White Sox homestand prior to this one was when they went 0-7 from May 23 to 29. They have lost 12 straight games at Guaranteed Rate Field, equaling a season high.
Crochet (6-10), one of Chicago’s few bright spots, tied an American League record by striking out the first seven batters and whiffed eight in all over 3-1/3 innings. The All-Star left-hander gave up one run and three hits without a walk.
The White Sox are limiting Crochet’s workload because he missed most of the past two seasons following Tommy John surgery and was a reliever before that.
“He was pretty frustrated when I came out there, but I think he knows the situation and what we’re trying to do,” Sizemore said. “He threw well. He was on, he had good stuff. It’s going to be tough when he’s on a short leash like that and a pitch count, that he’s never going to get to go as deep as he wants.”
Elsewhere, the Cardinals crushed the Yankees 14-7, the Padres stung the Rays 4-3, the Orioles routed the Rockies 6-1, the Cubs thrashed the Nationals 14-1, the Astros dethroned the Royals 7-2, the Diamondbacks downed the Dodgers 14-3 and the Twins beat the Blue Jays 4-3.
The Angels sank the Mariners 3-2, the Tigers tamed the Red Sox 4-1, the Marlins mastered the Giants 7-5, the Guardians plundered the Pirates 6-1, the Rangers edged the Athletics 6-4 in 10 innings and the Reds pipped the Brewers 4-3 in 11 innings.
Additional reporting by staff writer
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