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3 Consecutive One-Run Victories in the Postseason

Posted by Raphy on October 9, 2011

The Rangers 3-2 victory over the Tigers last night was the third consecutive game which they won by a single run. Here are the teams that have won at least 3 consecutive one-run games in the post season.

Rk Strk Start End Games W L AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Opp
1 BOS 1915-10-09 1916-10-09 6 6 0 200 19 49 6 6 3 17 27 21 0 6 .245 .317 .380 .697 PHI,BRO
2 BAL 1966-10-08 1969-10-05 4 4 0 130 7 25 2 0 5 7 17 12 0 5 .192 .261 .323 .584 LAD,MIN
3 TEX 2011-10-03 2011-10-08 3 3 0 96 11 21 1 1 6 11 15 11 4 3 .219 .299 .438 .737 TBR,DET
4 SFG 2010-10-10 2010-10-16 3 3 0 102 10 22 1 1 3 8 31 8 2 2 .216 .279 .333 .613 ATL,PHI
5 FLA 2003-10-03 2003-10-07 3 3 0 119 20 34 9 3 5 19 22 16 3 1 .286 .377 .538 .915 SFG,CHC
6 SFG 2002-10-13 2002-10-19 3 3 0 89 10 17 2 0 4 10 19 10 0 0 .191 .291 .348 .640 STL,ANA
7 NYY 2001-10-30 2001-11-01 3 3 0 105 9 23 2 0 5 9 24 10 1 1 .219 .287 .381 .668 ARI
8 CLE 1997-10-09 1997-10-12 3 3 0 107 15 25 3 0 4 12 35 18 3 0 .234 .359 .374 .733 BAL
9 ATL 1995-10-28 1996-10-03 3 3 0 88 6 15 1 0 5 6 20 12 3 4 .170 .275 .352 .627 CLE,LAD
10 TOR 1992-10-18 1992-10-21 3 3 0 90 10 21 3 0 4 10 20 11 3 0 .233 .317 .400 .717 ATL
11 LAD 1981-10-23 1981-10-25 3 3 0 96 15 29 6 0 4 14 21 10 4 0 .302 .376 .490 .866 NYY
12 OAK 1974-10-08 1974-10-12 3 3 0 85 6 11 2 0 2 5 17 16 0 2 .129 .275 .224 .498 BAL,LAD
13 OAK 1972-10-12 1972-10-15 3 3 0 90 7 17 1 0 3 6 11 9 4 3 .189 .277 .300 .577 DET,CIN
14 NYY 1950-10-04 1950-10-06 3 3 0 103 6 22 2 0 1 5 9 13 1 0 .214 .302 .262 .564 PHI
15 NYG 1921-10-12 1922-10-04 3 3 0 93 6 23 6 1 0 5 19 5 2 2 .247 .283 .333 .616 NYY
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 10/9/2011.

Even within a single post-season the record still belongs to the 1915 Red Sox.  That year the Sox lost the first game of the World Series to the Phillies 3-1 and then proceeded to win the next four games 2-1,2-1,2-1 and 5-4. In three of those games the winning run scored in the ninth inning.

 

Texas has also won 4 consecutive games by 2 runs or less. Here are the longest such postseason streaks:

 

Rk Strk Start End Games W L AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SO BB SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS Opp
1 BOS 1915-10-09 1916-10-09 6 6 0 200 19 49 6 6 3 17 27 21 0 6 .245 .317 .380 .697 PHI,BRO
2 ATL 1999-10-08 1999-10-15 5 5 0 170 21 47 5 0 4 20 45 20 7 3 .276 .351 .376 .727 HOU,NYM
3 TEX 2011-10-01 2011-10-08 4 4 0 129 19 31 2 1 7 18 23 12 4 3 .240 .319 .434 .754 TBR,DET
4 CHW 2005-10-22 2005-10-26 4 4 0 154 20 44 9 2 6 20 30 15 5 1 .286 .360 .487 .847 HOU
5 NYY 1996-10-23 1997-09-30 4 4 0 134 20 35 4 1 5 18 25 20 4 0 .261 .359 .418 .777 ATL,CLE
6 NYY 1996-10-02 1996-10-09 4 4 0 143 19 38 3 0 6 18 19 19 2 2 .266 .359 .413 .772 TEX,BAL
7 STL 1985-10-14 1985-10-20 4 4 0 130 17 30 10 1 2 17 27 18 3 1 .231 .324 .369 .694 LAD,KCR
8 PHI 1980-10-11 1980-10-15 4 4 0 140 26 45 9 1 1 25 24 10 4 2 .321 .368 .421 .789 HOU,KCR
9 BAL 1966-10-08 1969-10-05 4 4 0 130 7 25 2 0 5 7 17 12 0 5 .192 .261 .323 .584 LAD,MIN
10 BSN 1914-10-10 1948-10-06 4 4 0 125 10 24 5 0 1 9 15 15 7 3 .192 .282 .256 .538 PHA,CLE
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 10/9/2011.

Related posts:

    Consecutive Games with an RBI in the Postseason
    Consecutive postseason games with an RBI
    Consecutive Postseason Starts Without a Win
    1-run victories (or, How the 2000s are just like the 1930s)
    Victories with a small number of hits

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2 Responses to “3 Consecutive One-Run Victories in the Postseason”

  1. Ed Says:
    October 9th, 2011 at 11:15 am

    Those teams most have had some great pitching because the hitting stats (excepting '03 Fla and '81 LA) are pretty bad. And check out that line for '74 Oakland: .129 BA, .275 OBP and .224 SLG. Ouch!

  2. Cheese Says:
    October 10th, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    wow, late game drama in all of those '15 games.

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