White Sox suffer record 121st defeat of season

The Chicago White Sox collapsed nan modern-day grounds for astir losses successful a Major League Baseball play pinch their 121st conclusion of 2024.

They claimed nan unwanted landmark pinch a 4-1 conclusion astatine nan Detroit Tigers.

"It's not nan twelvemonth we wanted," said Grady Sizemore, who took complete arsenic interim head aft Pedro Grifol was sacked successful August.

Pitcher Garrett Crochet said: "Obviously it sucks."

The White Sox equalled nan New York Mets' grounds from 1962 pinch their 120th nonaccomplishment of nan play connected Sunday.

Fans flocked to Chicago's Guaranteed Rate Field this week to spot nan White Sox break nan record, but they won 3 successive games against nan Los Angeles Angels.

Victory for Detroit astatine Comerica Park secured their first American League play-off berth since 2014.

After nan crippled nan White Sox posted a image connected societal media of a machine pinch a database of "Things we'd alternatively do than publication comments" and a photograph of nan squad mascot sitting against a wall pinch nan caption "slams laptop unopen 'til tomorrow".

They person 2 much games against nan Tigers successful Detroit earlier nan play ends.

The Cleveland Spiders mislaid 134 of their 154 matches successful 1899, earlier what is now known arsenic nan modern era began nan pursuing year.

"It's not nan numbers that we want," said Sizemore. "But that doesn't mean it's a full loss. We tin build from this. We tin study from this and get better."

White Sox starting pitcher Crochet threw 4 scoreless innings, striking retired six batters and issuing 1 walk.

"No existent emotions," he said. "We put ourselves successful this position early on. We are wherever we are because of nan measurement we played. But that's conscionable each it is."

This play nan White Sox group a franchise grounds by losing 14 games successful a row.

They collapsed that pinch a 21-game tally of defeats that tied nan 1988 Baltimore Orioles for nan longest successful American League history.