ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013 Make it 10 wins in a row for the Chicago Cubs again. That’s twice in one season \u2014 for the first time in nine decades. <\/p>\n
Ian Happ extended his on-base streak to 29 games, Michael Busch hit a three-run double and the Cubs clinched their second 10-game winning streak this year with a 7-1 victory over the Texas Rangers<\/a> on Friday night. <\/p>\n This is the first time since 1935 that Chicago has had two 10-game winning streaks in a season. The only time the Cubs had more was in 1906 with four.<\/p>\n \u201cThat means you\u2019re doing something that\u2019s pretty rare, and I think we realize that,\u201d manager Craig Counsell said.<\/p>\n The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers were the previous major league team with two 10-game winning streaks within the first 39 games of a season, according to Sportradar. They did it in their first 24 games. <\/p>\n \u201cBaseball is a game of a ridiculous amount of stats and things to look up, so anytime you have to go that far back, it is obviously a good sign, especially on a positive like that,\u201d Chicago second baseman Nico Hoerner said. \u201cWe’re just going to keep it rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n These Cubs have done it pretty quickly, too, with a pair of 10-game winning streaks by May 8.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a crazy sentence,\u201d Hoerner said.<\/p>\n Milwaukee had two winning streaks of at least 10 games last season on the way to winning the NL Central title and finishing five games ahead of Chicago.<\/p>\n