Nothing seems to be going right for the Chicago White Sox, who lost their 10th consecutive game on Saturday.
The team led 3-0 entering the seventh inning and had a no-hitter going against the Tampa Bay Rays.
However, they allowed 12 unanswered runs against the scorching Rays and dropped into a last-place tie with the Kansas City Royals in the AL Central.
Chicago is now 7-21, with the Oakland Athletics being the only team in all of baseball to have a worse record.
On Twitter, Jon Heyman of MLB Network called out the White Sox for their poor start to the season, saying that he has never seen a team underperform to this degree.
Someone needs to do a case study of the White Sox who had a no-hitter going through 6 before allowing 10 runs in the 7th. Not sure a team has ever underperformed its talent to this degree. This game is an alltimer, and so is this start.
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) April 30, 2023
A whole host of problems are plaguing the White Sox right now.
In addition to their late collapse, Luis Robert Jr. was pulled for not hustling on a ground ball.
And while the White Sox were falling apart, their fans began to chant “Sell the team.”
Just when the White Sox appeared to have bottomed out, disaster struck again.
They added a few key pieces to strengthen their roster this past offseason, signing Andrew Benintendi and Mike Clevinger.
The South Siders finished at .500 last season and ended up in a distant second place in the AL Central behind the Cleveland Guardians.
So far, things have only gotten worse for the White Sox, who are on pace for a disastrous finish to the 2023 season.
Perhaps a no-hitter could have turned the team around.
However, they are now 14 games below the .500 mark.
