A tweet from MLB on Fox points out a remarkable fact about the Texas Rangers:
Rangers’ Consistency Gives Them Hope In Game 2 vs. Cardinals
Texas entered the #worldseries having played 40 consecutive games (including the regular season) without losing 2 straight games. #rangers
That’s an outstanding streak. It began after they were swept by, of all teams, the Red Sox from Aug. 23-25. They led the AL West by two games after that series; from then till the end of the regular season they went 22-8 and finished the season with a 14-2 run which included winning their final six games.
In the postseason they are 7-4, including Wednesday night’s Game 1 defeat, but still have not lost consecutive games.
The Cardinals had a similar season-ending push, going 23-9, but they did lose consecutive games twice in that span; the last such time was Sept. 22-23. St. Louis’ own streak of not losing back-to-back games is now 17.
40 games without losing two straight is mighty impressive, though. The Rangers really need to extend that streak or they’ll have a much tougher task ahead.
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