Table: Tigers Longest Winning Streaks
Year | Start Date | End Date | Games |
1934 | July 31 | August 14 | 14 |
1909 | August 19 | September 2 | 14 |
1927 | August 10 | August 22 | 13 |
Source: Baseball-Reference
Beyond the streak, the Tigers are now 21-4 which is tied for their most wins ever in 25 games. The last time they did that was in 1984. That team, of course, went on to go 35-5 to the start the season. They won 104 regular-season games overall enroute to the most recent Tigers championship.
(Note: They were 21-3 with one tie in 1909)
An individual streak was also extended tonight. Justin Verlander pitched seven shutout innings to gain his 23rd win of the year and 11th in a row. That is the longest Tigers individual winning streak since Jeremy Bonderman had 11in 2006. Bobo Newsome won 13 in a row in 1940 and School Boy Rowe won 12 in succession in 1934.
The Tigers will go for win number 12 in a row tomorrow afternoon with Brad Penny on the mound.
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