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Sweeps Week
2007-04-25 22:22
by Mike Carminati

As the Phils prepare to sweep the Nationals on Thursday to get within one game of .500, the Yankees look to end a five-game losing streak that includes to sweeps, by the Red Sox and the D-Rays.

They are indeed two teams headed in different directions and is largely due to pitching. The Yanks pitching has been decimated by injuries while the Phils have seemingly stabilized the starting rotation while cannibalizing a member of the rotation (Brett Myers) to at least throw another major-league arm in the pen. Oh, and the Phils finally figured out how to bunch a couple of hits.

Should the Yankees get swept by the Blue Jays, they will do something that hasn't been done since the beginning of the Steinbrenner era, get swept in three straight series. Here are all the times in the Yankees history that they have been swept three in straight series:
YrSeries#OppWLSeries#OppWLSeries#OppWL
190825DET0326CLE0427SLA03
19121BOS032WS1023BOS01
191220WS10521WS10122DET02
191238CHA0339DET0340CLE02
191311BOS0112PHA0413BOS02
191312PHA0413BOS0214CLE04
191512BOS0213DET0214DET01
191537WS10338SLA0139DET04
19301PHA012BOS023WS101
19302BOS023WS1014PHA01
194413DET0414CLE0115BOS04
197342KCA0343OAK0344CAL02

And if the Yanks do succumb to a sweep at the hands of the Jays and go on to face the Red Sox again, keep in mind that they have been swept in four straight series just twice (in 1913 and 1930).

Meanwhile, the Phils have swept three straight series in a row just twice since 1990. Keep that in mind should they again top the Nats and then go on to face the Mets this weekend. Here are the last ten times they have done it (they have 45 in their history):

YrSeries#OppWLSeries #OppWLSeries #OppWL
200443MIL3044CHA0145ATL02
200333CHN2034FLO0335CIN01
199023PIT2024NYN0325PIT03
198219CHN3020PIT0221CHN03
197740ATL2041HOU0242CIN03
197513ATL3014HOU0315CIN03
197448PIT2049SLN0350CHN03
197316SDN4017LAN0318SFN03
197244SLN2045CHN0346NYN03
196941SDN3042SFN0343LAN03

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