Trevor Bauer admitted this wasn't the first time he ended a 22-game winning streak
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The second-longest winning streak in Major League history ended on Friday night as the Indians fell, 4-3, to the Royals. After 22 games of complete dominance and dominion over the rest of the league, the streak was over.
For Trevor Bauer, who took the unfortunate 'L,' after pitching 5 1/3 innings and giving up four runs, it wasn't the first time he ended his team's 22-game winning streak. Yes, really. Bauer took the loss that ended UCLA's 22-game winning streak in 2010.
Then a sophomore, Bauer pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed seven runs -- though only one was earned -- in UCLA's 8-4 loss to Stanford.
Though there's no video of the game, you can see what Bauer's windup looked like back in those days. It's remarkably similar:
While it seems impossible that Bauer will get a third opportunity to pitch in the 23rd game of a streak, it was pretty unlikely that this would have happened to him twice. Given that he was 5-0 during UCLA's streak, and 4-0 during the Indians', we're guessing that he won't be so unlucky the next time.