The White Sox bats have gone comatose.

Four singles. That was it. Chicago never seriously threatened a rally in a 5-0 snoozer against Boston, snapping its winning streak of 10 straight home series. The offense has seemingly vanished, producing just one run in 21 innings dating back to the Cleveland series. (Thankfully, the Guardians bailed the South Siders out by getting walked off in Minnesota.) The All-Star break can’t get here fast enough.

Davis Martin came out dealing, mowing down Boston on 10 pitches in the first with two loud fly outs and a K. Jake Bennett matched him, and Martin tossed another clean frame in the second. Early hope, quickly dashed.

Chicago squandered its best scoring opportunity in the second when Chase Meidroth singled and Sam Antonacci walked to put two on, with nobody out. Cue the collapse: Braden Montgomery whiffed on a high heater, Junior Perez watched strike three zip by, and Kyle Teel dribbled one to kill the rally before it started.

Boston cracked Martin hard in the third. A leadoff walk to Jarren Duran, a sac bunt by Carlos Narváez and a single by Tsung-Che Cheng put Boston on the board. Chen then scooted to third on a Teel miscue. The mess continued with another walk, this time to Anthony Seigler, then Ceddanne Rafaela laced a double to make it 2-0. A wild pitch uncorked by Martin allowed Seigler to race home before Perez ended the mess by colliding with the center-field wall.

Luisangel Acuña tried to spark something with a leadoff single in the third, but the next three Chicago hitters went quietly on a fly out, line out and ground out. Story of the night.

The Red Sox padded their lead in the fourth, collecting four singles to plate two more runs. The five-run home outing was particularly uncharacteristic for Martin, who had allowed just four total earned runs across his previous seven Sox Park starts combined. His night ended after four innings, as Will Venable gave him the hook to bring out Chris Murphy for the fifth.

Murphy danced out of trouble after a leadoff double and a hit batter, while Seranthony Domínguez worked around a walk to Cheng in the sixth after Teel erased the would-be thief at second:

None of it mattered.

Antonacci singled in the fourth only to be wiped out by a double play. How about Acuña’s hit in the fifth? Nothing. The Sox went quietly the rest of the way, four straight innings with three up, three down. Four base hits, zero clutch — 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position.

Defensively, the White Sox did themselves no favors either. Acuña booted one, Teel let a ball get by, and Martin spiked a pitch. Sloppy all around, as Boston coasted to the shutout.

Who was the White Sox MVP?

Chris Murphy: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Seranthony Domínguez: 1 IP, 0 H, 1 BB, K

Sam Antonacci: 1-for-2, BB

Luisangel Acuña: 2-for-2, E

Chase Meidroth: 1-for-4, K

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Who was the White Sox Cold Cat?

Davis Martin: 4 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 2 K, WP, L

Braden Montgomery: 0-for-3

Kyle Teel: 0-for-3, PB

Bryan Hudson: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K

Trevor Richards: 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 K

Randal Grichuk: 0-for-4

Colson Montgomery: 0-for-4