MLB Beat the Streak user loses 50-game run in most brutal fashion

Major League Baseball’s “Beat the Streak” game remains undefeated. On Monday night, user “lotank” had their 50-game streak come to an end in a gut-punching way, ending their shot at reaching 57 games straight and winning $5.6 million. lotank picked A’s rookie shortstop Jacob Wilson to get a hit as they looked to extend their streak to 51, which would have brought them to just six games from the prize money.Wilson, who was hitting .367 heading into the contest, went 0-for-3 heading into what would eventually be his final at-bat in the bottom of the eighth inning. On a 1-2 pitch with a runner on first and one out, Wilson blooped a ball into no-man’s land in right-field and appeared to get his first knock of the night — and extending lotank’s streak to 51. Instead, the play turned into a fielder’s choice after Max Schuemann, who was on first base and wasn’t sure if any of the Astros fielders would get to the ball, was forced out at second. An inning later, Nick Kurtz would hit a walk-off home run, giving the A’s the win but ending lotank’s incredible run. lotank was just two picks away from breaking the longest streak in the game’s history of 51, which was twice, once in 2017 and again in 2019.Beat the Streak has garnered more than 5 million users since its inception in 2001. No player has ever beaten Joe DiMaggio’s famed MLB-best 56-game hitting streak. ...