(670 The Score) The White Sox’s season to forget keeps getting uglier.
The White Sox set a franchise record Tuesday evening with their 16th straight loss by virtue of a 4-3 setback to the Royals at Guaranteed Rate Field. Once again, the eighth inning proved to be the White Sox’s undoing, as they coughed up a 2-1 lead by allowing the Royals to score three times. Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino delivered the go-ahead hit, lining a two-run single down the left-field line after Kansas City had tied it at 2-2.
The White Sox’s loss marked the second time in as many nights that they blew a late lead. They led 5-2 entering the eighth inning Monday before the Royals rallied with a six-run frame.
The White Sox’s 16th straight loss broke their previous franchise record that had been set across a pair of seasons – the end of the 1967 campaign and the beginning of the 1968 season.
With the loss, the MLB-worst White Sox fell to 27-83, which is a .245 winning percentage. They’re on pace to go 40-122.
In the modern era (since 1900), the 1962 Mets hold the record for most losses in a season with 120. They went 40-120 while playing 160 games.
The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics went 36-117, a .235 winning percentage that’s the worst in the modern era.
The White Sox are 3-21 in July. Their last win came on July 10, when they earned a 3-1 win against the Twins.