‘It sucks. It’s painful. It hurts’: White Sox lose record-tying 21st straight game

• Chicago extend losing streak with defeat to Oakland A's
• Stumbling team last won a game on 10 July

The Chicago White Sox lost their 21st straight game, tying the American League record with a 5-1 defeat to the Oakland Athletics on Monday night as Max Schuemann hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the fourth inning.

Chicago are on the longest losing streak since the 1988 Baltimore Orioles lost 21 in a row. The NL record since 1900 is held by the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies, who lost 23 straight.