White Sox lose 121st game of the season, setting new MLB record

The 1962 New York Mets are nary longer the astir lovable losers.

The Chicago White Sox mislaid their 121st crippled of the play connected Friday night, surpassing that Mets squad for the astir losses successful an MLB season.

Chicago had won 3 successful a enactment to debar making miserable history, but their luck lone lasted truthful long.

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Andrew Benintendi #23 of the Chicago White Sox looks connected aft striking retired during the 4th inning against the Los Angeles Angels astatine Angel Stadium of Anaheim connected September 17, 2024 successful Anaheim, California.  (Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

The Detroit Tigers scored 2 runs successful the 5th (a bases loaded chaotic pitch, and a sac fly), but Chicago chopped their shortage successful fractional with a solo homer by Zach DeLoach successful the sixth.

Trailing 2-1 successful the seventh, though, Riley Greene drove successful a tally with a double, and a chaotic transportation made it a 4-1 crippled - the triumph besides enactment the Tigers successful the postseason for the archetypal clip since 2014.

Chicago had their ace successful Garrett Crochet connected the mound, but helium pitched conscionable 4 innings successful his last commencement of the season.

The Mets went 40-120 successful their inaugural play (they did spell connected to triumph the World Series 7 years later, truthful the not-too-long aboriginal whitethorn beryllium agleam successful the South side). There is simply a chance, though, that the White Sox could person a amended winning percentage, but they would person to triumph each of their last 2 games.

Jared Shuster #51 of the Chicago White Sox reacts against the Detroit Tigers aft the bottommost of the 5th inning astatine Comerica Park connected September 27, 2024 successful Detroit, Michigan. (Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

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It's been a downward spiral for the White Sox successful caller years - aft going 93-69 successful 2021 and making the postseason, they followed up with 81 and past 61 wins. Today, they person conscionable 39.

Perhaps the 2 biggest disappointments connected the roster are Andrew Benintendi and Luis Robert Jr. The White Sox signed Benintendi to an $85 cardinal declaration up of the 2023 season, the most-lucrative woody they've ever given. But, entering Friday, helium was hitting .228 with a .690 OPS. As for Robert, helium was erstwhile an MVP candidate, adjacent finishing 12th successful past year's voting. But this season, he's posting career-lows successful conscionable astir each stat, hitting conscionable .227 with a .666 OPS.

The squad fired manager Pedro Grifol past period aft helium went 28-89 to commencement the season, but Grady Sizemore's entranceway to the clubhouse hasn't done them galore favors - they are 11-32 with him astatine the helm.

Luis Robert Jr. #88 of the Chicago White Sox reacts aft being walked during the 3rd inning against the Cleveland Guardians astatine Progressive Field connected July 03, 2024 successful Cleveland, Ohio.  (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

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They accidental determination is ever adjacent year, but that would beryllium rather the turnaround for this squad.

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