Make it 20 straight losses for the Chicago White Sox, who’re sprinting in direction of the worst season in Main League Baseball historical past. On Sunday, the Minnesota Twins beat them 13-7 to increase Chicago’s shedding streak to twenty.
Though the White Sox made it a sport after falling behind 8-0, it ended the identical approach each different White Sox sport has since their final win, which got here July 10 towards the identical Twins crew.
Minnesota opened the 8-0 lead with two runs within the first inning after which six extra within the second, highlighted by a line-drive double off the bat of Byron Buxton after which a three-run homer into the correct discipline stands by Royce Lewis. Matt Wallner capped off the inning with an RBI triple.
The final crew to lose 20 consecutive video games was the Baltimore Orioles, who began the 1988 season 0-21. The 2024 White Sox are actually in that unique membership, together with the 1961 Phillies (23, which is the worst of all time), 1969 Montreal Expos (20), 1943 Athletics (20), 1916 Athletics (20) and the 1906 Boston People (20).
The most important scare for the Twins was within the sixth inning when Buxton made a leaping catch towards the wall in middle discipline to rob Luis Robert of additional bases. Buxton crashed exhausting into the wall and was taken out of the sport, although the Twins say it was for precautionary causes and he has not well being issues going ahead.
Standing ovation from the group right here for this inning-ending Byron Buxton catch.
He was sluggish to stand up, however appeared advantageous as he jogged off the sector — and that is when the ovation obtained actually loud. pic.twitter.com/Is9dZpLDd7
— Do-Hyoung Park (@dohyoungpark) August 4, 2024
The Twins transfer to 62-48 on the season and can now journey face the Cubs in a three-game sequence at Wrigley Area beginning Monday at 7:05 p.m. CT.
