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Oakland Athletics Make Baseball History as Part of 5-Game Winning Streak

Break up the Oakland Athletics! The A's are in the midst of a five-game winning streak that has them making Major League Baseball history. Can they keep up the history on Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays?

Brady Farkas

Oakland Athletics Make Baseball History as Part of 5-Game Winning Streak
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The Oakland Athletics have won five consecutive games, and they've made unique baseball history in the process.

The A's have taken two games from the Pirates and three from the Brewers as part of the winning streak and all the wins have come on the road.

Per ESPN Stats & Info:

The Athletics have won 5 straight games after entering the run with a .194 win percentage. 

That is the most consecutive wins by a team to have an under .200 win percentage entering the streak since the Louisville Colonels in 1895 (min. 50 games into season). 

h/t @EliasSports

What the A's have done over the last week has been truly remarkable. So remarkable that it hasn't happened in nearly 130 years, in fact. It's also been a nice distraction from all the conversation about whether or not the A's will leave Oakland and relocate to Las Vegas.

Also, the A's are now 17-50. All of a sudden they are just barely behind the Kansas City Royals (18-47) for the worst record in baseball.

Unfortunately, for the A's, the good vibes may be short lived. They take on the Tampa Bay Rays this week in Oakland. With the Rays being the best team in baseball through the first almost 70 games, it seems likely that this streak will end. After all, the Rays pummeled the A's to start off both their seasons. 

But no matter what, this week was one to remember for Oakland. They beat the Brewers on Sunday by a score of 8-6. 

Monday's game against the Rays will begin at 9:40 p.m. ET as Zach Eflin pitches for the Rays and James Kaprielian pitches for the A's. He enters the contest at 1-6 with a 7.21 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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