White Sox lose record 20th straight time in games started by Flexen - ESPN

The Chicago White Sox had their latest skid extended to 11 games with a 13-3 rout at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles on Monday, the 20th straight loss in which Chris Flexen started to set a big league mark for most consecutive losses in a pitcher's starts that previously was held by the Milwaukee Brewers' Chris Capuano.

Coming off an 0-10 homestand, Chicago dropped to 31-108, and it is on its third-longest skid this season after slides of 21 games from July 10 to Aug. 5 and 14 from May 22 to June 6. The White Sox would have to go 12-11 the rest of the way to avoid tying the post-1900 loss record set by the 1962 New York Mets, who went 40-120.

Chicago is on pace to finish 36-126, which would be the second-most defeats behind the 1899 Cleveland Spiders at 20-134. According to ESPN Stats & Information, the White Sox are 4-41 in their past 45 games, the worst record over a 45-game span since the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.

Flexen (2-14) allowed three runs and seven hits in 3⅓ innings, and he is 0-11 with a 5.73 ERA in 21 appearances (20 starts) since winning May 8 at the Tampa Bay Rays. Capuano was 0-13 with a 6.12 ERA for Milwaukee in 23 appearances (19 starts) from May 13, 2007, through June 3, 2010, missing the 2008 and 2009 campaigns following Tommy John surgery.

«Every time I take the ball, I expect myself to go out and be competitive, have strong outings,» Flexen said. «I don't think a lot of them have been all that great, a couple of quality starts in there; but overall, my performance has been very disappointing on my end.»

Cedric Mullins homered with three RBIs, and Austin Slater and Gunnar Henderson each drove in three runs for Baltimore, which overcame a 2-0 deficit and began a six-game homestand by improving