SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox had a 2-1 lead going into the underside of the eighth inning on Sunday, after which historical past struck.
That tenuous lead disappeared within the span of 4 San Diego Padres batters and the White Sox went on to their a hundred and twentieth loss, tying the post-1900 document set by the 1962 growth New York Mets.
The dichotomy could not have been larger.
The White Sox headed to a somber clubhouse and quietly packed for his or her flight residence.
The Padres, who’re closing in on a postseason berth, gathered in entrance of their dugout to applaud the sellout crowd of 45,197 that roared via the underside of the eighth after which the highest of the ninth of the 4-2 win within the regular-season residence finale on the sensible first day of autumn. Some followers even chanted “Beat L.A.!” in anticipation of an enormous sequence beginning Tuesday evening on the Los Angeles Dodgers.
“I suppose if you lose 120 it is simpler to brush it off however it (stinks) to undergo it, however that is the place we’re at,” veteran Andrew Benintendi stated.
There had been hope for the White Sox to no less than delay the historic loss, till there wasn’t. Proper-hander Sean Burke, making simply his second massive league begin — and third look — was excellent via six innings. The White Sox took their lead on two residence runs off Yu Darvish, together with one by Korey Lee, who grew up in northern San Diego County.
“Burke threw a hell of a recreation,” Benintendi stated. “They have loads of good bats up and down that lineup, guys which have performed a very long time and as soon as they get the lead with that bullpen, it looks like its just about over at this level.
“So sure, it (stinks).”
So lots of their losses have come late in video games.
“Yeah we joke about it on a regular basis. It by no means looks like we get blown out and the seventh, eighth, and ninth come round and we’re going through their seven-eight-nine-inning guys each evening, which is massive. It is arduous to attain runs off the again ends of the bullpen,” Benintendi stated.
“It looks like we’ve got been right here loads of instances and it simply hasn’t panned out.”
With yet one more loss of their ultimate six video games, the White Sox will maintain the modern-day document outright. They end with three at residence towards the Los Angeles Angels starting Tuesday evening and end with three at Detroit, which is within the AL wild-card hunt.
The 1899 Cleveland Spiders maintain the main league document for losses at 20-134.
Interim supervisor Grady Sizemore did not tackle the workforce afterward.
“No loss is sweet,” he stated. “It isn’t one thing that we’re targeted on. I feel everybody exterior this clubhouse is extra obsessive about it than us. The best way we spin is to place this one behind us and prepare for the sequence again residence.”
Requested how his gamers had been digesting it, Sizemore stated: “Everyone knows the state of affairs. We all know the place we’re at. Now we have a job to do and they’re nonetheless enjoying for one thing. They’ve dealt with it like professionals and we shall be again on the market on Tuesday able to go and provides it our greatest.”
Mentioned Lee: “I feel should you ask all 50 guys or so (who’ve been on the roster this season) we aren’t going to be completely happy about it. Should you’re completely happy about it, I don’t know what you’re doing right here.
“I feel it’s clearly arduous however on the similar time everyone seems to be coming in right here on daily basis and giving their finest.”
The catcher stated the workforce has stayed collectively via all of the dropping.
“It reveals you ways shut we’re. We talked about it earlier right now. Truthfully, that’s what I sit up for on daily basis once I are available in right here is having the man proper subsequent to me and understanding he’s going to take care of me, inside and outside, on the sector and off the sector.
“That’s all you may ask for. It’s good household round us. Clearly there’s loads of unhealthy however it’s a must to take the great out of on daily basis. And the great is coming in right here with this group of men and doing the factor all of us like to do.”
The White Sox had tied the AL document of 119 losses by the 2003 Detroit Tigers on Saturday evening. They’d already misplaced their twentieth straight street sequence and had been swept for the twenty fourth time this season.
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