the major league baseball record for games won in a row is 22.
the major league baseball record for games won in a row is 22.
what's the major league baseball record for games won in a row?
22
bullet::::- the boston red sox beat the tampa bay rays, 3–2, in 10 innings at tropicana field, to complete their third sweep in a row. it was the 11th consecutive victory for the red sox, who set a major league baseball record by striking out 11 straight batters at one point in the game. previously, the sox swept the new york yankees and baltimore orioles in their respective ballparks. boston made history when their pitchers set a team record with 23 strikeouts, including a major league record of 11 in a row. the 23 strikeouts overall were the most in a 10-inning game since at least 1913 and the most in a game of any length since 2004. starter eduardo rodríguez had a career-high 13 strikeouts through 5⅓ innings, including the final six batters he faced. rodríguez was relieved by heath hembree, who struck out all five rays he saw in 1⅔ innings. the new york mets held the previous mark when tom seaver struck out 10 in a row against the san diego padres on april 22, 1970. matt barnes did strike out one and joe kelly fanned four to complete the feat. dustin pedroia, who sealed the previous game with a grand slam, hit a solo home run in the third inning and aggressively scored the winning run with an rbi-double by david ortiz in the tenth. the relay throw from outfield beat pedroia to the home plate, but he avoided catcher luke maile's first tag and past the plate. then pedroia went back to touch it and maile was charged with an error when the ball dropped out of his glove on another tag attempt. meanwhile, mookie betts extended his hitting streak to 11 games with an rbi single in the first. the red sox’ one-run lead disappeared in the eighth inning when fernando abad allowed an rbi single to brad miller, but kelly was able to come on and induced a 4–6–3 double play to end the eighth. he was credited with the win, pitching the last 2⅔ innings.
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