Column: Chicago Cubs win 10th straight for 2nd time this season with 7-1 rout, improving to MLB-best 27-12

ARLINGTON, Texas — It was an ordinary day in an extraordinary run for the Chicago Cubs. Another 10-game winning streak was in the books Friday after a 7-1 win over the Texas Rangers before 32,394 at Globe Life Field, the second such run of the season for a Cubs team that continues to defy baseball norms. Ben Brown threw four hitless innings in his first start for the injured Matthew Boyd, and Javier Assad notched the win with 3 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit.

Pete Crow-Armstrong made the Rangers’ “Elvis Cam” after catching a sinking liner in center and waved to Ian Happ as he lay on the grass. 3 numbers that stand out in the Chicago Cubs’ 9-game winning streak: ‘It’s pretty special’ And Nico Hoerner did another “Nico thing,” winding up on second when the Rangers middle infielders collided on a grounder up the middle and failed to notice he hadn’t stopped running. Don’t try to understand it.

Just let the wave wash over you and enjoy. It’s crazy to think this was the first Cubs team since 1935 with a pair of 10-game winning streaks, right? “Not necessarily,” said Seiya Suzuki, whose two-run home run in the fourth inning sparked the offense early.

“We’re just playing our brand of baseball and just weighting the wins. Hopefully we just keep stacking them up. ” The Cubs are celebrating their 150th birthday this season, and according to MLB stats czar Sarah Langs, they’ve had six other seasons with multiple 10-plus-game winning streaks: 1880, 1885, 1886, 1906, 1901 and, as mentioned, 1935.