The Diamondbacks inched toward history on Monday night, doing so not with a stumble or a gaffe, but with a normal loss. They were beat, plain and simple. These days, for this team, those are almost like victories.
Their 5-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park was their 20th consecutive loss on the road, moving them into a tie with the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics for the third-longest streak in modern's modern era (since 1900). They are two away from tying the record, co-owned by the 1943 Philadelphia Athletics and the 1963 New York Mets, both of whom dropped 22 road games in a row.