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Jake Arrieta lost Sunday, but his streak was really impressive
- Updated: June 6, 2016
12:23 AM ET
In the days between Chicago Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta’s past two regular-season losses, 481 pitchers lost a regular-season game.
Lowest Opponents’ OPS
Since July 26, 2015
Jake Arrieta.431Clayton Kershaw.445Marco Estrada.563Madison Bumgarner.568Stephen Strasburg.570
Arrieta’s win streak ended at 20 straight decisions. Elias Sports Bureau research shows that only two pitchers have had longer win streaks: New York Giants Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell (24 from 1936 to 1937) and Pirates reliever Roy Face (22 from 1958 to 1959).
Arrieta’s 9-0 start to the season is an undefeated mark topped only once in Cubs history, by Jim McCormick in 1886.
Since July 26, Arrieta is 20-1 with a 1.14 ERA. He has allowed 97 hits in 174 1/3 innings. His .160 opponents’ batting average …
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