When the Cleveland Guardians force an extra innings in a game, they tie the franchise record.
The Cleveland Guardians hung on to beat the Houston Astros in 10 innings on Wednesday, which marked their fourth-straight game that went to extra innings.
The Cleveland Guardians took yet another game down to the wire on Wednesday, making team history in the process.
Cleveland scored two runs in the top of the fifth, only for the Houston Astros to chip away at that lead over the next few frames. Both sides got a man aboard in the ninth, but neither could plate a run, so the game went to extra innings.
It marked the fourth game in a row in which the Guardians had to go past the ninth inning. They beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 in 11 on Saturday, lost to the Braves 4-3 in 10 on Sunday and lost to the Astros 10-9 in 10 on Tuesday.
As noted by MLB.com’s Mandy Bell, the four-game extra-innings streak is tied for the longest in Cleveland’s franchise history. The last time they achieved the feat was from May 1 to May 5 back in 1910.