White Sox, on pace to go 37-125, have already tied their franchise record for most losses in a season

The Chicago White Sox closed out August by suffering another indignity: tying the franchise's single-season record for losses, with 106. The White Sox lost their ninth consecutive game on Saturday, this one to the New York Mets by a 5-3 final ( box score ). They're now 31-106 on the year, with that loss total tying the 1970 club that went 56-106 -- those White Sox, it ought to be noted, entered September with 86 losses.

"A lot of things have been going against us," White Sox interim manager Grady Sizemore told reporters . "We need that break just to kind of help the morale in that clubhouse."

The White Sox, now 4-35 since the All-Star Game, are on pace to go 37-125 this year. The modern Major League Baseball record for losses is 120, belonging to the expansion 1962 Mets. Only two other teams have even reached 115 losses in a season in recent times -- the 2018 Baltimore Orioles and the 2003 Detroit Tigers . Even if the White Sox play above .500 over their remaining 25 games -- something they don't seem likely to do -- they'll finish the year with 118 defeats.

Saturday's loss represents the third time this season the White Sox have lost at least nine consecutive games . They dropped 21 games in a row earlier this summer, and also endured a 14-game losing streak before that. The White Sox will attempt to fend off another 10-gamer on Sunday when they wrap up their series against the Mets.

Regardless of how the White Sox fare on Sunday, they have a difficult road of upcoming opponents that includes three games on the road against the Orioles, another three against the Boston Red Sox , and then three at home against the Cleveland Guardians before they face another team with a losing record.