MLB Streak Watch
Streak Watch: Washington Nationals Have Lost 7 Straight (MLB)
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Every result in MLB feeds a streak somewhere, and a few of them have now grown big enough to deserve names. Everything below comes straight off the results; nothing fancier than counting.
Count them up and 14 teams are currently on streaks of at least three, so there is no shortage of momentum stories to argue about.
Riding high
Los Angeles Dodgers just keep stacking, seven wins in a row, the best active streak going. At some point a run stops being a coincidence and starts being a statement, and they are somewhere past that point.
Pittsburgh Pirates are building a case of their own at 4 straight.
New York Mets join the party at 4 straight.
The skids
Washington Nationals cannot find the exit: seven consecutive losses and counting. The schedule keeps coming regardless, which is either mercy or cruelty depending on the next opponent.
Chicago Cubs have dropped 4 in a row themselves.
And Colorado Rockies are quietly carrying a 4-game slide of their own.
At a glance
For the record, here is everything currently running at three-plus:
| Team | Active streak |
|---|---|
| Washington Nationals | lost 7 straight |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | won 7 straight |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | won 4 straight |
| New York Mets | won 4 straight |
| Chicago Cubs | lost 4 straight |
Worth remembering
At 7 games, the board's longest streak is officially a main character; nothing else in the league gets talked about the same way while it lives.
Streaks end, that is the one thing every single one of them does. They tell you where a team has been, loudly, and nothing at all about where the next game is going.
One to circle: Washington Nationals meet Los Angeles Angels in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.