PHILADELPHIA -- The White Sox have had problems offensively all season, but Friday might have been the worst day of all.

Phillies right-hander Spencer Turnbull had a lot to do with Chicago’s problems in the batter’s box. After years plagued by injuries, Turnbull appears to be healthy, and he was dominant for seven innings as Philadelphia blanked the White Sox, 7-0, at Citizens Bank Park. It marked the seventh time Chicago has been shut out this season.

“We have to execute the game plan,” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “Every night, you are going to face someone like [Turnbull], especially when you are facing teams that are postseason clubs. It’s not going to get any easier tomorrow. It’s not going to get any easier on Sunday. We have to find ways to put good ABs together, execute and step on home plate.”

Chicago’s lack of hitting was not exactly a surprise. Entering Friday’s action, the White Sox had scored 38 runs, their fewest through 18 games since 1943 and fewest in MLB since the Marlins [37] in 2013.

In their hitters meeting before the game, the White Sox thought they had put together a good plan for facing Turnbull. But as it turned out, the right-hander had his way on the mound.

The White Sox didn’t collect their first hit until the seventh inning, when Gavin Sheets singled to right field with one out. He was just the second Chicago baserunner. Paul DeJong walked in the second inning before Turnbull retired the next 14 hitters he faced leading up to Sheets’ single.

“The guys were saying the ball was moving all over the place. He has pretty good stuff, but at the same time, we have to find ways to make something happen,” Grifol said. “I’m not taking any credit away from him. He did a good job of pitching. But every day in this league, there is somebody out there that is pretty good.”

Prior to Friday's game, White Sox left-hander Garrett Crochet had been arguably the team’s biggest surprise. He had gone from being a bullpen piece during his first three years in the Major Leagues to a strong starting option in 2024, but Friday’s game was a different story. Crochet was out of the game by the fourth inning after Alec Bohm put on a show at the plate.

Crochet got close to escaping jams in both the first and third innings, as twice, the Phillies put two men on base with two outs. But each time, Bohm came up -- and slugged a three-run homer.

“I have to avoid the crooked numbers for sure,” Crochet said. “I chalk up the entire day to not controlling the counts -- falling behind early, kind of fighting for everything. … They made me throw more pitches than I needed to. So it was a matter of time at that point.”

Bohm became the first member of the Phillies with six RBIs in the first three innings since Jayson Werth on May 16, 2008. By the time Crochet left the game after three-plus innings, he had thrown 75 pitches.

“Crochet threw too many pitches,” Grifol said. “The first homer to Bohm, it was supposed to be inside. It kind of lifted out over the plate. The second homer was a slider down. It was below the zone. Another good piece of hitting.

“We talk about walks all the time, and every time there is a crooked number, there is probably a walk involved somewhere. And both of those were two-out heartbreakers right there.”