{"id":862021,"date":"2026-09-27T03:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T03:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862021\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T03:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T03:04:20","slug":"white-sox-lose-9-6-to-rockies-end-chances-of-winning-al-central","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862021\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox lose 9-6 to Rockies, end chances of winning AL Central"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO — – The Chicago White Sox<\/a> had their hopes of winning the AL Central dashed when Hunter Goodman<\/a> hit his 40th and 41st homers to lift the Colorado Rockies<\/a> in a 9-6 win Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The White Sox needed to beat the Rockies to stay alive in the division race after the Cleveland Guardians<\/a> won 11-5 at Kansas City on Saturday to take a two-game lead on the season’s penultimate day.<\/p>\n

Chicago will be the final AL wild card and will play on the road against the AL West winner in a three-game Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday. The race between the Texas Rangers<\/a> and Houston Astros<\/a> for the West crown will come down to the season’s last day.<\/p>\n

Chicago is the first team to earn a playoff berth after consecutive 100-loss seasons.<\/p>\n

The Rockies won for just the fourth time in 21 games. They improved to a major league-worst 58-103 after losing a club-record 119 last season.<\/p>\n

The White Sox led or were tied for first in the AL Central from July 4 until Sept. 16.<\/p>\n

Ryan Feltner<\/a> (7-10) gave up three hits in 3 2\/3 innings in relief for Colorado.<\/p>\n

The Rockies went ahead 3-0 in the first. Davis Martin<\/a> (9-8) committed a fielding error before allowing three singles, a walk and two earned runs while recording just two outs.<\/p>\n

Goodman homered off Noah Schultz<\/a> in the third, becoming the first Rockies player to hit 40 homers since Nolan Arenado<\/a> in 2019. Ezequiel Tovar<\/a> added his 13th homer in the fourth to make it 5-2. Goodman added a three-run shot in the Rockies’ four-run ninth.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Benintendi<\/a> hit a three-run homer in the ninth for Chicago. Brenton Doyle<\/a> and Luisangel Acu\u00f1a also homered.<\/p>\n

The White Sox had their chances. They put runners at the corners in the sixth, but Feltner struck out pinch hitter Colson Montgomery<\/a> to end the inning. Montgomery extended the season record for strikeouts<\/a> to 225.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

LHP Anthony Kay<\/a> (9-9, 4.53 ERA) is set to start for the White Sox in Sunday’s regular season finale. LHP Kyle Freeland<\/a> (4-11, 6.58) will pitch for Colorado.<\/p>\n

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