White Sox Beat A's, Snap Historic 21-Game Losing Streak: Full Highlights, Box Score

The 21-game nightmare for the Chicago White Sox is finally over.

Jonathan Cannon threw six innings of one-run ball and Andrew Benintendi hit his 10th home run of the season to lead the White Sox to a 5-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, snapping a 21-game losing streak.

The streak was tied for the longest in American League history. The NL record is 23 straight losses, set by the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies.

"It was just really good to get this behind us. I thought we played a clean game today," White Sox manager Pedro Grifol told reporters. "Any time you win it's great. Any time you win when you lose 21 in a row it's even better. I'm proud of these guys."

White Sox Box Score

Lineup

1. 3B Miguel Vargas: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB
2. 2B Brooks Baldwin: 2-4, 1 R
3. CF Luis Robert Jr.: 1-4, 1 R
4. 1B Andrew Vaughn: 1-4, 1 RBI
5. LF Andrew Benintendi: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
6. DH Lenyn Sosa: 1-4, 1 RBI
7. RF Gavin Sheets: 0-3
8. RF Dominic Fletcher: 0-1
9. C Korey Lee: 0-4
10. SS Nicky Lopez: 0-3

Pitchers

• SP Jonathan Cannon: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• RP Dominic Leone: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• RP Chad Kuhl: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• RP John Brebbia: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

The teams played the first three innings scoreless before Benintendi hit a two-run shot off Ross Stripling in the top of the fourth. Zack Gelof closed the gap to one run in the bottom half of the inning, but that would be the only run allowed by the White Sox staff.

Cannon gave up six hits and walked two while striking out five batters in his six innings of work before ceding to the bullpen. Dominic Leone, Chad Kuhl and John Brebbia combined for three hitless innings to close things out.

"I think it's just a sigh of relief," Cannon said. "We're all major league players, we got a lot of confidence in ourselves to go out and do our jobs every night. Just wasn't working out for us. Proud we could put it together tonight. It was a team effort all around."

Chicago is 28-88 overall in one of the single worst seasons in MLB history. The White Sox are the only MLB team yet to hit the 40-win mark, let alone the 30-win perch they are yet to reach.

The 1962 Mets hold the record for the most losses in the modern era of MLB with 120. The White Sox are currently on pace to eclipse that mark and have the second-lowest winning percentage since 1900, behind only the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.

The franchise record for losses is 106, which seems almost certain to fall with ease. That said, for at least one night, this White Sox team found a way to put one in the win column.