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19 Down, 8 To Go
2002-09-04 09:23
by Mike Carminati

19 Down, 8 To Go

The A's close out their current homestand against the Royals tonight, and if they win they will establish a new AL consecutive wins record with 20. They will still be 6 behind the all-time record set by the Giants in 1916, and will only tie the Union Association record. Here is their schedule for the next 8 games, the number of games required to break the all-time record:

Wed. 4 Kansas City, Hudson (12-9) vs. Byrd (15-10)
Fri. 6 at Minnesota, Lidle (8-9) vs. Radke (6-4)
Sat. 7 at Minnesota, Mulder (16-7) vs. Lohse (11-8)
Sun. 8 at Minnesota
Mon. 9 at Anaheim
Tue. 10 at Anaheim
Wed. 11 at Anaheim
Thu. 12 at Anaheim

If they do break the record, they will have done so over the course of two separate homestands and two separate road trips. They would also have to beat some pretty good teams and good pitching. Anaheim itself has won five in a row, and after gaining a half-game on idle Oakland last night, are just 3.5 back. They have pretty good incentive to play hard against the A's.


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