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The 106 regular-season series streak the Orioles started after their May 15, 2022 (738 days ago) series-sweep losses at Detroit is now the third-longest in history, trailed only by the second-best 115 sweep-less regular-season series of two-plus decisions by the 1906-1909 Chicago Cubs, and the still-record 124 straight regular-season series of ...
The 1996 Major League Baseball postseason was the playoff tournament of Major League Baseball for the 1996 season. The winners of the League Division Series would move on to the League Championship Series to determine the pennant winners that face each other in the World Series .
St. Louis baseball commenced a renaissance: since 1926 the Cardinals have won eleven World Series and nineteen NL pennants. [7] Breadon spurred this revival when he bought out the majority stake in 1920 and appointed Rickey as business manager, who expanded scouting, player development, and pioneered the minor league farm system , filling the ...
In Phoenix for Game 1, things got ugly for the Diamondbacks fast, as St. Louis' Matt Morris outdueled Cy Young winner Randy Johnson in a 12–2 blowout win for the Cardinals. In Game 2, the Cardinals held off a potential rally by the Diamondbacks to win 2–1, thanks to stellar pitching from relief pitcher Jason Isringhausen .
When the series moved to St. Louis, the Royals got on the board with a 6–1 victory in Game 3 thanks to excellent pitching from Bret Saberhagen, however the Cardinals would win Game 4 off a complete-game shutout performance from John Tudor to take a 3–1 series lead. The Royals again won 6–1 in Game 5 to send the series back to Kansas City.
When the series moved to St. Louis for Game 3, Jeff Suppan pitched eight shutout innings as the Cardinals won 5–0 to go up 2–1 in the series. The Mets then blew out the Cardinals in Game 4, as Carlos Beltrán , David Wright , and Carlos Delgado all homered for the Mets.
July 25 – Yankees pitcher Atley Donald sets a league record for consecutive wins by a rookie, bringing his record to 12–0 with a 5–1 victory over the St. Louis Browns. July 26 – The New York Yankees tied a major league record by scoring in every inning against the St. Louis Browns. Bill Dickey hit three home runs in the 14–1 win.
The 2006 Major League Baseball season ended with the National League's St. Louis Cardinals winning the World Series with the lowest regular-season victory total (83) in a fully-played season in major league history.