Yehovah Kelvin
Cade Povich struck out 10 while pitching into the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles took a big early lead on their way to a 9-0 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday night, sending Chicago to its 12th consecutive loss.
The White Sox dropped to 31-109 and became the first team since 1900 with at least three losing streaks of 12 games in the same season, according to Sportradar.
The 1889 Louisville Colonels and 1899 Cleveland Spiders also did it.
Chicago was shut out of the 16th time, is 11 defeats shy of tying the 1962 New York Mets for the most losses since 1900 and is on pace to finish 36-126.
Grady Sizemore, Chicago’s interim manager, was ejected for the first time since taking over.
In the top of the sixth, with his pitchers having already walked nine batters, Sizemore was tossed after a called strike to Andrew Benintendi appeared high.
Benintendi was eventually called out on strikes — on a ball that looked a bit off the plate — and then argued enough to get himself thrown out as well by plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt.
The White Sox made a feeble offensive showing against Povich (2-7) and had an uncompetitive start by Nick Nastrini (0-7).
The Chicago right-hander allowed four hits and six walks in 1 2/3 innings, although only four of the seven runs he yielded were earned.
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