White Sox hand Pirates 13th straight loss

The Pittsburgh Pirates set a team record with their 13th consecutive defeat Wednesday night, blowing a three-run lead in the seventh inning and losing 4-3 to the Chicago White Sox.
Juan Uribe’s bases-loaded triple keyed Chicago’s four-run comeback. The Pirates put two runners on in the ninth against closer Bobby Jenks, but their best hitter, Jason Bay, struck out to end it.
The Pirates, winless for more than two weeks, broke the modern-era (since 1900) club record of 12 straight losses set in 1939. The only longer losing streak in Pittsburgh’s major league history was a 23-game slide by the Pittsburg Alleghenies in 1890. Until the current streak — one that has all but assured them of a 14th consecutive losing season — the Pirates had not lost more than 10 in a row in 38 years or more than 11 in a row in 51 years.
The White Sox, by contrast, are playing almost as well as the Pirates are playing poorly. With Scott Podsednik finishing off the seventh with a go-ahead RBI single, the World Series champions won their 11th in 12 games and 13th in 15 games. They are 12-2 in interleague play and have won their last eight series since dropping two of three to the Rangers from June 2-4.