Still, the Red Sox are probably the worst team in a strong AL East and the other three teams the Rays have played - the Nationals, Tigers and A's - are arguably the three very worst teams in baseball. No one should be figuring opponents' winning percentage right now with such a small sample, especially since the Rays being 13-0 automatically means their opponents are starting 13 games in the hole. Simply, that's a huge number for the Rays under the circumstances. They then won six in a row and were looking like they were ready to claim the title of streakiest team in MLB history. Holy smokes, right? The Brewers were 22-21 after all that. They were then 20-3 before losing - brace yourself - 12 in a row and 18 of 20. They lost one game before another winning streak, this time of four games. That gives us a good idea at how well a team can set itself up with an early-season winning streak like this. Pretty mediocre after the 13-0 start, but they still won the NL East before being swept out of the NLCS. Atlanta then put up a losing record after the All-Star break and finished the year 89-73. They went 9-14 to finish May with a 27-20 record. They then won five of their next six to get to 18-6 with some very weird sequencing. The 1982 Braves won their first 13 games, but that streak was immediately followed by a five-game losing streak. Full story here, but the diagnosis is left arm ulnar neuritis, which is an injury in his left elbow. His injury looked really worrisome, though, and sounds like it, too. This time it scored three and it was 8-3 Rays, just like that. Then Harold Ramirez - who started the inning with a double - doubled again. Manuel Margot laid down a bunt so perfect down the third-base line there wasn't even an attempted throw to any base. Wander Franco was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Randy Arozarena singled home the go-ahead run. Richard Bleier came on in relief of starter Corey Kluber. It was 3-1 Red Sox through the middle of the fifth inning and Boston had seemingly gotten every break to that point.Ī modest rally made it 3-2 Red Sox with runners on first and third and two out when manager Alex Cora went to the bullpen. The Rays actually fell behind in this one and things weren't looking good. The latest result was Thursday's matinee in Tropicana Field, which the Rays won 9-3 over the Red Sox. This is now tied with two other teams for the longest-ever winning streak to open a season. The Tampa Bay Rays have won again, meaning they are 13-0 and have joined an exclusive club in Major League Baseball history.
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