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The 21-game nightmare for the Chicago White Sox is finally over.

Jonathan Cannon threw six innings of one-run play and Andrew Benintendi hit his 10th home run of the season to lead the White Sox to a 5-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, snapping a 21-game losing streak.

The streak was the longest in American League history. The NL record is 23 consecutive losses, set by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1961.

“It was just really nice to get this over with. I thought we played a clean game today,” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol told reporters. “Any time you win is great. Any time you win and lose 21 in a row is even better. I’m proud of these guys.”

1. 3B Miguel Vargas: 0-2, 1 R, 2 BB
2. 2B Brooks Baldwin: 2-4, 1 R
3. CF Luis Robert Jr.: 1-4, 1 R
4. 1B Andrew Vaughn: 1-4, 1 RBI
5. LF Andrew Benintendi: 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
6. DH Lenyn Sosa: 1-4, 1 RBI
7. RF Gavin Blades: 0-3
8. RF Dominic Fletcher: 0-1
9. C Korey Lee: 0-4
10. SS Nicky Lopez: 0-3

• SP Jonathan Cannon: 6 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
• RP Dominic Leone: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• RP Chad Kuhl: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• RP John Brebbia: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

The teams went scoreless through the first three innings before Benintendi hit a two-run homer off Ross Stripling in the top of the fourth. Zack Gelof closed the gap to one run in the bottom half of the inning, but that would be the only run the White Sox staff allowed.

Cannon surrendered six hits and walked two while retiring five batters in his six innings of work before moving to the bullpen. Dominic Leone, Chad Kuhl and John Brebbia combined for three hitless innings to close things out.

“I think it’s just a sigh of relief,” Cannon said. “We’re all major league players, we have a lot of confidence in ourselves to do our job every night. It just didn’t work out for us. Proud that we got it done tonight. It was a team effort.”

Chicago is 28-88 overall in one of the worst seasons in MLB history. The White Sox are the only MLB team yet to reach the 40-win mark, let alone the 30 wins they have yet to reach.

The 1962 Mets hold the record for most losses in the modern era of MLB with 120. The White Sox are currently on pace to surpass that record and have the second-lowest winning percentage since 1900, trailing only the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.

The franchise record for losses is 106, which will almost certainly fall with ease. That said, for at least one night, this White Sox team found a way to get one in the win column.