The Chicago White Sox lost their 21st straight game, tying American League record with a 5-1 defeat to the Oakland Athletics as Max Schuemann hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the fourth inning. Chicago is on the longest losing streak since the 1988 Baltimore Orioles lost 21 in a row.
Chicago White Sox players react from the dugout during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol looks toward the dugout during the ninth inning of the team’s baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.
The major league low belongs to the 1889 Louisville Colonels, an American Association team that lost 26 consecutive games slide during a 27-111 season. Tyler Nevin’s first-inning sacrifice fly put the A’s ahead, but Andrew Benintendi tied the score with an RBI single against JP Sears in the fourth. Lawrence Butler added a sixth-inning homer against Chad Kuhl, his 16th home run this season. Gelof added a run in the eighth when he sprinted home from first when Jared Shuster’s pitch bounced away from catcher Korey Lee as Schuemann struck out. Lee looked toward Gelof at third and threw to first baseman Andrew Vaughn for the out, and Gelof ran home as Vaughn’s throw skipped past Lee.
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