Colorado Rockies at Chicago White Sox

· Major League Baseball

Colorado Rockies

58-104, 26-55 Away

Final
2 - 4

Chicago White Sox

84-78, 48-33 Home

Grichuk and Doyle go deep in 3rd, power playoff-bound White Sox past Rockies 4-2 in season finale

Colorado Rockies vs. Chicago White Sox: Game Highlights

The White Sox finished at 84-78, one game behind division champion Cleveland in the AL Central. They will open a best-of-three AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday at Houston.

Chicago managed a 24-win improvement over 2025 when it was last in the AL at 60-102, becoming the first team to qualify for the postseason after consecutive 100-loss seasons. Chicago's 84 wins set a record for a team that had lost 100 or more games in three previous seasons.

Cole Carrigg hit a solo shot for the Rockies, who lost 18 of their last 22 and finished 58-104, worst in the majors for a second straight season. Colorado was 43-119 in 2025, setting a franchise record for losses.

Colorado became the first team with four straight 100-loss seasons since the 1962-65 New York Mets.

The White Sox peaked at nine games over .500 (72-63) on Aug. 29 and had a 4 1/2-game lead in the AL Central. But they went 12-15 the rest of the way while Cleveland surged to its third straight division title.

The White Sox's crowd of of 29,767 on Sunday gave them a season attendance of 1,986,419, an average of 24,524 compared 18,072 in 2025.

Anthony Kay (10-9) allowed one run and five hits in five innings for his first win since Aug. 8. Trevor Richards tossed the final 3 1/3 innings, yielding a run on one hit for his second save.

Sam Antonacci doubled among two hits.

Kyle Freeland (4-12) yielded four runs on seven hits in four innings.

Grichuk's homer was his 15th with the White Sox, who signed veteran in May after the Yankees released him. Doyle, acquired the deadline from Colorado, lofted his sixth down the left field line three batters later.

Up next White Sox: Open their best-of-three AL Wild Card series at Houston on Tuesday and had not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Beck struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Johnston struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Amador fouled out to catcher.
	8th Inning	C. Montgomery struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	B. Montgomery flied out to left.
	8th Inning	Antonacci to second on wild pitch by Hill.

Statistics

COL		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	4
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	2
3	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
12	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
137	Pitches	119
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	17
35	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	5
2.7	Runs Created	5.0
.207	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.310	Slugging Percentage	.515
.207	Secondary Average	.333
.294	On Base Percentage	.265
.604	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.780
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
17.0	Batter Rating	38.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.91	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.50
.103	Isolated Power	.273
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.091
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
71.5	MLB Rating	85.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0