Fermin and Pasquantino are down with serious injuries as they struggle. The White Sox’s 17th straight loss, 10-3

Wednesday’s 10-3 Kansas City Royals victory over the White Sox, which included a two-run home run from Freddy Fermin among his four hits, extended Chicago’s franchise-worst losing streak to 17 games.

Vinnie Pasquantino finished with three RBIs and added a two-run homer. The Royals won their third game in a row thanks to three hits and two runs scored by Salvador Perez.

Bobby Witt Jr., the major league batting leader, raised his average to.349 and extended his hitting streak to 13 games with two infield singles. The all-star shortstop stole his 24th base, scored three runs, and walked twice.

With two doubles and two hits overall, Andrew Benintendi drove in two runs for the major league-worst White Sox, whose losing streak is the longest since Arizona lost 17 straight games in 2021.

Chicago (27-84) is headed for a worse finish than the 1962 New York Mets, whose 40-120 record in their first season is the lowest in baseball’s modern era (since 1900). Chicago is 57 games below 500 for the first time.

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For his third consecutive victory, Brady Singer (8-6) gave up three runs on six hits in seven innings of work. Chicago scored three runs in the second inning, but that was the only time the right-hander was touched. He struck out four and walked none.