In Milwaukee, the Cincinnati Reds broke their 35-inning scoreless drought on Friday evening as Christian Encarnacion-Strand scored TJ Friedl with a sacrifice fly during the eighth inning of their 3-2 defeat against the Milwaukee Brewers.
Jeimer Candelario continued with an RBI double.
The 35-inning scoreless streak stands as the fourth longest in franchise history, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer. The team’s all-time record for consecutive scoreless innings remains at 45, set back in 1941.
The last instance where the Reds recorded at least 35 consecutive scoreless innings occurred between September 8 and September 12, 1946, when they managed 37 innings without scoring, as reported by Sportradar.
The top streak for successive scoreless innings in Major League history stands at 48, achieved twice: first by the Chicago Cubs between June 15 and June 21, 1968, then by the Philadelphia Athletics from September 22 to September 26, 1906.
The Reds had dropped three straight 1-0 contests, a feat last seen in May 1960 with the Philadelphia Phillies accomplishing this.
It seemed Cincinnati was at risk of suffering their fourth successive shutout, particularly as they managed not to get a single hit during the first six innings against the Brewers until Gavin Lux secured a base knock in the seventh inning.
The most recent squad to be blanked for four straight matches was the Kansas City Royals between August 25 and August 28, 2017.
The Reds faced Friday evening’s contest sans their rookie skipper, Terry Francona, along with multiple players dispatched to the team hotel due to illness; however, the majority of crucial performers suited up for the game. Assistant manager Freddie Benavides stepped into the managerial role during this absence.
"We're uncertain about the nature of this illness, so we dispatched several team personnel to the hotel along with some players. We hope they will recover by tomorrow," stated Nick Krall, the president of baseball operations, prior to the game.
Krall mentioned that the origin of the sickness is still unknown.
Falling victim to three consecutive 1-0 losses has happened just six times throughout Major League Baseball’s history, with four of these occurrences dating back more than a hundred years. No team has ever experienced four straight 1-0 defeats. The Cincinnati Reds' most recent instance of being blanked in four successive games took place way back in 1931.
The other squads to suffer 1-0 losses in three straight matches were the Brooklyn Superbas in 1908, followed by the St. Louis Browns and Washington Senators in 1909, with the Pittsburgh Pirates experiencing this streak again in 1917.
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