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

The 1962 New York Mets are no longer the most lovable losers.

The Chicago White Sox lost their 121st game of the season Friday night, surpassing that Mets team for the most losses in an MLB season in the modern era.

Chicago had won three in a row to delay the miserable record, but their luck only lasted so long.

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The Detroit Tigers scored two runs in the fifth, but Chicago cut the deficit in half with a solo homer by Zach DeLoach in the sixth.

Trailing 2-1 in the seventh, ther Tigers' Riley Greene drove in a run with a double, and a wild pitch made it a 4-1 game. The victory also put the Tigers in the postseason for the first time since 2014.

Chicago had ace Garrett Crochet on the mound, but he pitched just four innings in his final start of the season.

The Mets went 40-120 in their inaugural season. There is a chance, though, the White Sox could have a better winning percentage, but they would have to win their final two games.

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It's been a downward spiral for the White Sox in recent years. After going 93-69 in 2021 and making the postseason, they followed up with 81 and then 61 wins. This season, they have just 39.

Perhaps the two biggest disappointments on the roster are Andrew Benintendi and Luis Robert Jr. The White Sox signed Benintendi to an $85 million contract ahead of the 2023 season, the most lucrative deal they've given. 

Entering Friday, he was hitting .228 with a .690 OPS. As for Robert, he was once an MVP candidate, finishing 12th in last year's voting. This season, he's posting career lows in just about every statistical category, hitting just .227 with a .666 OPS.

The team fired manager Pedro Grifol last month after he went 28-89 to start the season. Under new manager Grady Sizemore, the team is 11-32.

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