Indians set AL record with 21st straight win
CLEVELAND -- For more than 100 years, American League teams have gone on winning streaks of varying lengths -- short ones, long ones, double-digit ones.
Nothing, though, like the one the Cleveland Indians have pieced together.
A streak for the ages.
Moving past the "Moneyball" Oakland Athletics, the Indians set the AL record with their 21st straight win on Wednesday -- a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers -- to join only two other teams in the past 101 years to win that many consecutive games.
Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer off Buck Farmer (4-3) and Mike Clevinger (10-5) won his fourth straight start as the Indians, a team with its sights set on ending the majors' longest World Series title drought, matched the 1935 Chicago Cubs for the second-longest unbeaten streak since 1900.
And in doing so, they separated themselves from every AL team since the league was formed in 1901.
Now that they've moved past those 2002 A's immortalized on film, the Indians are within five wins of catching the 1916 New York Giants, who won 26 straight without a loss but whose century-old mark includes a tie.
The Indians haven't lost in 20 days, and they've rarely been challenged during a late-season run in which they've dominated every aspect of the game.
Nothing, though, like the one the Cleveland Indians have pieced together.
A streak for the ages.
Moving past the "Moneyball" Oakland Athletics, the Indians set the AL record with their 21st straight win on Wednesday -- a 5-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers -- to join only two other teams in the past 101 years to win that many consecutive games.
Jay Bruce hit a three-run homer off Buck Farmer (4-3) and Mike Clevinger (10-5) won his fourth straight start as the Indians, a team with its sights set on ending the majors' longest World Series title drought, matched the 1935 Chicago Cubs for the second-longest unbeaten streak since 1900.
And in doing so, they separated themselves from every AL team since the league was formed in 1901.
Now that they've moved past those 2002 A's immortalized on film, the Indians are within five wins of catching the 1916 New York Giants, who won 26 straight without a loss but whose century-old mark includes a tie.
The Indians haven't lost in 20 days, and they've rarely been challenged during a late-season run in which they've dominated every aspect of the game.
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