may 19, 2008 is the longest win streak in mlb.
may 19, 2008 is the longest win streak in mlb.
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may 19, 2008
the sox began the month with one more game against the indians, who completed their four-game sweep of the sox. the sox would then get swept by tigers to finish the road trip with a record of 0–7, their first win less road trip of at least seven games in franchise history. they have also lost 10 in a row, their longest since june 11–20, 1976. as a result, the team carried their worst record (40-69) after 109 games since 1970. the sox then welcomed into town the new york yankees for a three-game series. before the first game of the series, it was announced that yankees third baseman alex rodriguez was given a 211-game suspension for his part in the biogenesis baseball scandal. rodriguez appealed the suspension and therefore was activated from the disabled list before the game with the sox. rodriguez singled on his first plate appearance of the season and finished the game batting 1 for 4. the sox beat the yankees in game 1, 8–1 breaking their 10-game skid. the sox won game 2 of the series, 3–2 and it was their first 2-game winning streak since july 20–21 when the sox won two in a row against the braves. the sox finished off the series with a 6-5 victory in 12 innings and three-game series sweep of the yankees. this was the final game at u.s. cellular field for yankees closer mariano rivera. rivera came into the game in the bottom of the 9th inning to try and close the game but the sox scored sending the game into extras giving rivera only his third blown save of the season and the first time since 2006 that rivera had blown a save against the white sox. the three-game sweep of the yankees was the first since the sox swept the miami marlins on may 24–26. the sox then opened up a four games series with the twins starting with a doubleheader. before the doubleheader, alex ríos was claimed off waivers by the rangers for leury garcía. the sox lost both games of the doubleheader by scores of 5–7 and 2–3 in 10 innings. they won the third game but lost the fourth game of the series. the sox then took two of three at home against the division leading tigers. the sox traveled to target field for a four-game series with the twins. after losing the first game of the series, the sox won the next three. it was the first time the sox won three straight road games since may 15–17 when the sox defeated the twins once and then two straight against the angels. the closed out the road trip with three in kansas city. the sox won the first two games of the series by scores of 2–0 and 5–2. after the 5–2 win, the sox had their longest win streak of the season, 5 games. the sox finished of with a sweep of the royals with a 4–3 victory in 12 innings and their 6th straight win. in that game, pitcher jake petricka made his mlb debut and also got his first major league victory and conor gillaspie hit the game-winning home run in the top of 12th. during the six game win streak, closer addison reed saved all six games. the last time a pitcher got a save in six straight games was in 2003 when éric gagné of the los angeles dodgers accomplished the feat. the sox returned home for a three-game series with the rangers. after losing the first game 11-5, the sox and rangers played in the civil rights game in game two which the sox won 3–2 on a walk-off base hit by rookie catcher josh phegley. the sox then won the rubber match with a 5-2 victory. during the sox 5–2 victory over the rangers, pitcher john danks earned the victory and his younger brother, jordan danks, hit the go-ahead home run in the game. according to elias sports bureau, it was the first time since june 5, 1955, that a player homered in support of his brother on the mound, when kansas city athletics catcher billy shantz homered for his brother bobby shantz. the sox then took two of three against the houston astros at home. the sox finished the month on a 10-game road trip on the east coast starting with three in boston. the sox lost their final two games of the month to the red sox. the first game they lost by a score of 3-4 to former cubs pitcher ryan dempster and lost the second game to jake peavy, who the sox traded to boston a month earlier, by a score of 2–7. despite losing the final two games of the month, the sox still finished with a winning record during the month with a record of 16–13. it was only their second winning record during a month and their first since may when they went 14–13.
2013 chicago white sox season
bullet::::- longest point scoring streak: steve johnson, 27 games









































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bullet::::- most consecutive winning seasons: 16 (2002–2003 to present)









































bullet::::- longest win streak: 15 (1979–1981)









































bullet::::- longest home win streak: 18 (1979–1980)









































bullet::::- longest road win streak: 8 (1967–1968)









































bullet::::- longest conference win streak: 14 (wcha, 1986–1987)









































bullet::::- longest unbeaten streak: 16 (13–0–3 in 2002–2003)









































bullet::::- longest conference unbeaten streak: 19 (18–0–1 in 1998–1999)









































bullet::::- most consecutive shutouts: 4 (1953–1954 all vs michigan tech, 2015–2016 vs denver, minnesota-duluth (2), and alabama huntsville)









































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bullet::::- north dakota fighting hawks women's ice hockey









































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bullet::::- und men's hockey website
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