atlanta braves broke the oakland a's winning streak.
atlanta braves broke the oakland a's winning streak.
who broke the oakland a's winning streak?
atlanta braves
returning home, toronto sought to extend their 8-game winning streak against the oakland athletics. drew hutchison pitched into the eighth inning for the first time since may, as the blue jays won, 4–2. toronto's offence exploded once again in the second game, scoring 7 runs in the second inning and winning 10–3, making them the first team since the 1977 kansas city royals to have 2 10-game winning streaks in a season. the blue jays also took a half-game lead on the yankees in the al east with the win. in the finale, athletics starter sonny gray was scratched due to back spasms, and former blue jay jesse chavez started in his place. mark buehrle pitched another gem, allowing 2 runs in 7 innings of work to lead toronto to a 4–2 victory. the win made the 2015 blue jays the first team to have 2 11-game winning streaks since the 1954 cleveland indians. looking to extend their winning streak to a franchise-record 12 games, the blue jays played against the yankees for 3 games, this time in toronto. david price pitched well through 7 innings, before leaving in the eighth with 2 baserunners. aaron sanchez would give up a three-run home run to carlos beltrán, and new york would hang on to beat the jays 4–3, ending their streak, and knocking toronto out of first place in the al east. in the middle game of the series, the blue jays were shut down by yankees ace masahiro tanaka, who pitched a complete game and gave up only 1 run. the blue jays avoided the sweep, taking the series finale by a score of 3–1.
2015 toronto blue jays season
on january 12, 1985, the team began a 17-game winning streak against the that continued through a march 15 victory over in the ncaa tournament. this stands as the longest winning streak in school history, surpassing the january 29, 1921 – january 6, 1922 14-game streak. on january 5, 1985, the team began a 24-game home winning streak against the that continued through a february 15, 1986, victory over iowa. this stands as the longest home winning streak in school history, surpassing the 22-game january 12, 1976 – november 30, 1977, streak. the streak ended with a february 20, 1986 74–59 loss to michigan state. january 12 also marked the start of a 10-game road winning streak that continued through a january 4, 1986, victory over . this stands as the longest road winning streak in school history, surpassing two 7-game streaks that ended in 1921. the streak ended with a january 16, 1986 73–63 loss to .
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