SAN FRANCISCO -- Occasionally, the Arizona Diamondbacks' 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 modern-era (since 1900) major league record with their 23rd straight road loss, getting trounced by the San Francisco 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 1943 Philadelphia Athletics for road futility.