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The Indians beat the White Sox 5-1 on Wednesday to extend their winning streak to 14 games. Meanwhile, the Diamondbacks defeated the Dodgers 3-1 to run their winning streak to 13. According to Elias Sports Bureau, it’s the first time in baseball history — spanning 142 years and over 2,800 team-seasons — that two teams have had concurrent winning streaks of at least 13 games. Continue to Article

September 07, 2017 4:17:pm EST

After 98 innings without trailing, dating all the way back to Aug. 25, the Diamondbacks failed to break the all-time record of 103 straight innings. The good news is the Dodgers got it out of the way early by going up 1-0 in the first inning with a Cody Bellinger RBI. Their streak is the second of its kind to be broken this week, as the Indians’ 67 innings straight leading their opponents was snapped on Tuesday night. It’s still early, so Arizona’s 12-game win streak isn’t in danger just yet — another thing it shares with the Indians as Cleveland is currently on a 14-game win streak over in the American League. While the Diamondbacks don’t have a chance of catching the Dodgers in the division Continue to Article

September 06, 2017 11:16:pm EST

Yesterday I wrote about how the Cleveland Indians had not trailed for 67 innings. I was super impressed! But — chalk it up to Ohio bias? — I was also missing the fact that the Arizona Diamondbacks have been far more impressive in this regard. The Dbacks Continue to Article

September 06, 2017 1:19:pm EST