History wasn’t made at Guaranteed Rate Field Tuesday night as the White Sox avoided breaking a record for most losses in a season by beating the Los Angeles Angels 3-2.
After being down the entire game, the Sox rallied in the eighth inning to pull ahead by one run and win the game.
The Sox must win the next five games, which seems like a difficult task, to avoid becoming the worst MLB team in modern history.
The White Sox had never lost more than 106 games in a season before. They surpassed the mark set by the 1970 team with plenty of time to spare when the New York Mets beat them on Sept. 1, and they just continued to stumble along from there.
Chicago has endured losing streaks of 14, 21 and 12 games. The 14-game slide from May 22 to June 6 was a franchise record until the White Sox matched an AL mark by dropping 21 in a row from July 10 to Aug. 5.
Most baseball experts expected the Sox to be in a rebuilding mode this season, but very few would’ve expected this sort of record-setting futility.
The Sox currently have the worst season on record since the 1962 New York Mets with 120 losses.
The Mets were a new expansion team when they set the loss record as opposed to the Sox – who have a long-storied history.
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders hold the major league record for losses at 20-134.
