Misery loves company.
There are now two MLB clubs with double digit losing streaks.
On Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates lost their 10th straight game falling 3-1 to the Washington Nationals. During the course of this skid, the Bucs have gone from being 8.5 games out to 14.5 games back in the NL Central.
But for all the Pirates' struggles they have nothing on the Arizona Diamondbacks who for the second time this season have lost 13 consecutive games as they were blown out of the water by the San Francisco Giants 13-7. The D'Backs previously lost 13 straight games from May 16th-29th. Since May 1st, the D'Backs have gone 6-37 while dropping 27 of their last 29 games. In a month, the D'Backs have gone from 5.5 games back to 23.5 games back in the NL West.
If that wasn't enough, Arizona has also tied a MLB record with 22 consecutive losses on the road matching a mark in futility set by the 1943 Philadelphia A's and the 1963 New York Mets.
The last time the D'Backs won a game on the road was on April 25th when Madison Bumgarner threw his 7-inning no-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader. Of course, the no-hitter didn't count. While I'm sure the D'Backs are grateful the victory stuck I don't they counted on waiting nearly two months to get another road victory.
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