D-backs’ 23rd road loss in a row sets mark
SAN FRANCISCO » Occasionally, the Arizona players glanced up at the Oracle Park scoreboard in center field. It told a most familiar, gloomy story.
The Diamondbacks made dubious history, setting a major league record with their 23rd straight road loss in getting trounced by the Giants 10-3 on Thursday.
“It’s nothing we’re proud of,” manager Torey Lovullo said. “It’s been an extended period of time. It weighs on you. It’s heavy.”
The dejected D-backs trudged off the field and quietly made their way back to the visiting clubhouse following the final out, breaking a tie with the 1963 Mets and ’43 Philadelphia Athletics for road futility.
Held to just a lone single by pitcher Kevin Gausman through six innings, Arizona fell behind 6-0. The Diamondbacks went feebly, helpless to stop this runaway train of despair that began nearly two months ago.
Lovullo’s team has lost 14 in a row overall and 28 of its last 30, falling to 20-50 for the worst record in the majors.
The 1963 Mets and ‘43 Athletics, incidentally, were both guided by Hall of
Fame managers toward the end of their tenures. Casey Stengel turned 73 on the day the Mets ended their slide, while Connie Mack was 80 while Philadelphia skidded.
“We’ve got to find a way to go out and, before the next road trip, win a baseball game tomorrow,” Lovullo said. “That’s my focus and that will be the focus of everybody else, too.”
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