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Two Long Winning Streaks Stall on Friday

On the same night Derek Jeter secured the Yankees’ franchise record for hits, a couple of noteworthy streaks came to end. Both the Yankees and Marlins had 10-game home winning streaks against their Friday night opponents, but both home teams lost the opener of their weekend series.

With the Yankees leading 3-1 in the third inning, Jeter singled to right field to surpass Lou Gehrig with his 2,722nd hit, but the Baltimore Orioles throttled New York pitching for nine runs over the fifth, sixth and seventh frames in a 10-4 victory. It was the Orioles’ first win at Yankee Stadium since July 29, 2008.

The Marlins had been equally dominant over the Washington Nationals the last two seasons, with 10 straight home victories since last losing to the Nats on July 1, 2008. On Friday, Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman stroked homers in Washington’s 5-3 victory.

The Marlins threatened to win their 11th straight in the ninth, when Dan Uggla led off with a home run and the next two batters reached, but Mike McDougal struck out Emilio Bonifacio and induced a game-ending double-play grounder from Chris Coghlan.

Both the Yankees and Marlins failed to inch closer to the longest active home winning streak against a single opponent. The Milwaukee Brewers stretched their winning streak over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Miller Park to 21 games at the end of August, and that’s currently the longest against a single opponent.

Longest Active Home Winning Streaks vs. Any Opponent

Streak Holder. . . . . . . . . . .Opp. . . . .Gms
Milwaukee Brewers. . . . . . . Pit. . . . . . 21
Cleveland Indians. . . . . . . . .TB. . . . . . 17
Los Angeles Dodgers. . . . . . .Cin. . . . . .12
San Francisco Giants. . . . . . Tex. . . . . .11
Detroit Tigers. . . . . . . . . . .Tex. . . . . .11

Texas is on the wrong end of two of the longest active streaks, including the longest among two interleague opponents.

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