No MLB team has more wins or a better winning percentage than the Chicago Cubs, who improved to 27-12 with a 7-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday.
Ian Happ’s on-base streak reached 29 games, Michael Busch went 3-for-3 with a three-run double and Ben Brown, Ryan Rolison, Javier Assad, and Ethan Roberts combined for one earned run allowed and two hits over nine innings.
The victory extended the Cubs’ winning streak to 10 games, the second time this season they’ve recorded a double-digit winning streak. It’s also the first time the franchise has achieved such a feat since the 1935 season when they won 100 games and lost in the World Series.
“That means you’re doing something that’s pretty rare, and I think we realize that,” manager Craig Counsell said afterward.
The Cubs’ first 10-game streak began on April 14 and ended following a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 24. They would then have a short three-game losing skid before this current run began on April 28 by winning the final two games of their series against the San Diego Padres.
No Cubs team has ever reeled off more than two 10-game winning streaks in a season since 1906, when that squad finished with four. The 1955 World Series-winning Brooklyn Dodgers were the last MLB team to record two 10-game winning streaks in the first 39 days of the regular season, according to Sportsradar.
“Baseball is a game of a ridiculous amount of stats and things to look up, so anytime you have to go that far back, it is obviously a good sign, especially on a positive like that,” said Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner. “We’re just going to keep it rolling.”
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