Second verse, same as the first: Mariners 6, White Sox 3
yes 54 games under yes -218 run differential yes 14-game losing streak tying the longest single-season losing streak ever and also set by the 2024 team yes 16 times swept yes it’s July 28
If Garrett Crochet’s White Sox career ended today (doubtful given the demands he’s laid out for his potential suitors), it was not a storybook ending: 64 pitches to get through three innings, six hits, five runs (three earned), a walk, three Ks, a homer, and a loss to drop to 6-8 ... yeah, a guy with a 3.23 ERA two games underwater, thanks, White Sox! Chad Kuhl, like Sammy Peralta in the massacre that opened this Seattle series, saved the pen and kept the game from getting more out of hand; wonder if Chad’s heading to Charlotte tomorrow, like Sammy did.
Futility Watch
White Sox 2024 Record 27-81, worst 108-game start in White Sox history (9 games worse than the next-worst, 1932 White Sox), fifth-worst start all-time, and a season-worst 54 games under .500
White Sox 2024 Run Differential -218, 20th-worst 108-game start in MLB history and a White Sox season-worst
White Sox 2024 Season Record Pace 41-121 (.250)
Race to the Worst “Modern” 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119) 2 games worse
Race to the Worst “Modern” Record in a 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120) EVEN
Race to the Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106) 15 games worse
Race to the Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1*) 11 1⁄2 games worse
Race to the Worst American League Record (1916 A’s, 38-124*) 3 games better
*record adjusted to a 162-game season