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New York Yankees on Pace to Do Something They've Rarely Done in Last Quarter Century of Baseball History

The New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night and are now staring down the barrel of doing something they've rarely done in the last 25 years.

Brady Farkas

New York Yankees on Pace to Do Something They've Rarely Done in Last Quarter Century of Baseball History
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The New York Yankees lost to the Detroit Tigers 10-3 on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, halting the Yankees five-game winning streak.

Per Katie Sharp of Stathead:

Yankees still have not won more than 5 games in a row this season. 

The only time in the last 25 seasons that they didn't have a win streak of 6 or more games was 2014.

While winning six games in a row is certainly tough, it's that kind of two-steps forward and two-steps back nature that has led the Yankees to their perfectly average 70-70 record through 140 games.

With 22 games left to play, there are still chances for the Yanks' to pull a six-game win streak, but the clock is dwindling on their regular season. The Yankees are 7.0 games back of the third and final wild card spot in the American League and their playoff odds sit at 0.5 percent (per Fangraphs).

In the loss on Thursday, Carlos Rodon, who was signed to a massive six-year deal in the offseason, went just 3.2 innings. He allowed seven earned runs and now has a 6.60 ERA. He's 2-5 and has thrown just 46.1 innings this year because of multiple injuries.

The Yankees will begin a new series on Friday night with the National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers.

First pitch from Yankee Stadium is set for 7:05 p.m. ET as Colin Rea (MIL) pitches against embattled righty Luis Severino (NYY).

Rea is 5-5 with a 5.07 ERA while Severino is 4-8 with a 6.75 ERA.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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