A's Win 10 in a Row - Well, Sort Of

The Oakland A's won their 10th straight game with an 8-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Well, sort of.

During this streak, one of their games against the Detroit Tigers was suspended. The A's led the Tigers 5-3 in the 7th inning on May 19th when the rains came at Comerica Park and play did not resume. In fact, play will not resume until September 6th. Assuming they can hold onto to that lead after Labor Day, the win streak will become official.

Regardless of this technicality, things have vastly improved for the A's in the past two weeks. After earning an AL Wild Card berth in 2018, the A's got off to a disappointing start in 2019. On May 14th, the A's were 19-25 and in last place in the AL West 9.5 games back of the Houston Astros. Ten wins later, the A's have picked up three games on the Astros and are now in second place in the AL West.

The A's join the Astros as the only two teams in MLB to have 10 game winning streaks. The Astros have accomplished this twice.

As the late Joe Garagiola put it (and my Dad, too), "Baseball is a funny game."