The Padres beat the White Sox 3-2 on Sunday, dropping their Magic Number to clinch a playoff spot to 2 with 6 games to play.

The Chicago White Sox finished the home portion of their schedule 33-48 at Rate Field, a 10-win improvement from 2024.

The White Sox consistently put runners on base, but they couldn't come through with a clutch hit in a close loss to the San Diego Padres.

King worked around base traffic throughout his five-plus innings. He limited Chicago to four hits, but he allowed four walks and hit two batters. Hart and Miller each allowed two walks and Peralta allowed a walk.

There was one out and nobody on base in the bottom of the ninth inning of the White Sox 3-2 loss to the Padres before a crowd of 24,205 at Rate Field Sunday afternoon, but fans’ chants of “Let’s go Sox” continued to ring out across the stadium.

The White Sox are playing out a lost season but Mike Tauchman is still giving maximum effort, making a wild catch in foul territory.

Fellow Cuban Miguel Vargas idolizes Jose Abreu, who returned to Rate Field for Friday's game against the San Diego Padres.

Taylor, the Sox' second-round pick in 2023, has looked dynamite in his last two outings. While the team says he's got what it takes to close, there's a decision that needs to be made about what role he'll play in 2026.