Twins 6, White Sox 2: Nineteen.
Brooks Baldwin hits his first home run, but the White Sox lose their 19th game in a row Saturday night against the Twins. | Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images
The White Sox franchise-record losing streak continues, as the Twins pushed it to 19 losses in a row with a 6-2 win. They’ve been outscored 118-41 during this historic skid.
Crochet only went four innings, but it was likely due to control issues than any predisposed innings limit. After a 1-2-3 first, Crochet walked the leadoff runner in the 2nd inning, who was promptly erased on a tailor-made doubleplay. But, Ryan Jeffers took a 93 MPH cutter and put it just into the left field seats for an(other) early Minnesota lead.
Watch it fly, Ry! pic.twitter.com/AKBV8sE3Vw
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) August 3, 2024
That was it against Crochet. His final line: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 4 BB, 2 K.
The Sox tied things up in the fifth. Gavin Sheets was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and was tripled in by Korey Lee making it 1-1.
An RBI triple for Korey Lee 👏 pic.twitter.com/Y1E6GVqoLR
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 4, 2024
Touki Toussaint took over for Crochet in the 5th, and the Twins quickly retook the lead. Austin Martin tripled to lead things off and Brooks Lee singled him in on a middle-middle 87 MPH splitter, making it 2-1 Minnesota.
In “Today’s Good News”, Brooks Baldwin hit his first home run – lacing Ober’s first pitch over the wall in right-center.
Brooks Baldwin's first @MLB homer ties the game! 💥 pic.twitter.com/xQVMmPeHKj
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 4, 2024
The rest of the game, the Sox offense could only muster a Korey Lee single in the 8th.
The Twins offense had a little more luck. A Max Kepler home run broke the tie in the 7th, making it 3-2 Minnesota, which is all they would need.
The Twins tacked on a few more runs in the 8th off of John Brebbia and Jared Shuster. On the day, White Sox pitchers gave up 7 walks in 8 innings of work.
How low can they go? Can the White Sox reach an MLB record 20-game losing streak? Tune in to find out!
Another historic womp-womp:
FINAL: Twins 6, #WhiteSox 2
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 4, 2024
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Road to the Recordbooks
White Sox Record: 27-86
White Sox Season Record Pace: 39-123 (.239)
Modern 162-Game Record (2003 Tigers, 43-119, .265): -4 Games
Modern Record in 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120, .250): -2 Games
Most White Sox Losses (1970, 106): -17 Games
Worst White Sox Record (1932, 52-109-1, .323): -13.5 Games
Worst American League Record (1916 A’s, 38-124, .235): +1 Game
Up Next
The Sox look to salvage the series in their last game against the Minnesota Twins this season. The Sox are now 1-11 against the Twins on the season.
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