MLB Beat the Streak player falls just short of $5.6M in the most crushing way
MLB Beat the Streak player falls just short of $5.6M in the most crushing way
I wasn't familiar with MLB's Beat the Streak game until today, and I really wish I were learning about it under better circumstances -- like, say, someone reaching a record-streak of 57 straight picks to win $5.6 million.
Unfortunately, I bring to you news of someone who came so tantalizingly close to the money just to see their streak end in the most crushing way possible.
Beat the Streak user "Iotank" was riding a 50-game streak into Monday when they picked Oakland Athletics rookie Jacob Wilson to get a hit against the Houston Astros. It made sense. Wilson was hitting .367 on the season and had a hit in all but one game this month. But it was all good 'til it wasn't. Wilson was 0-for-3 going into his final at-bat in the eighth, and that's when this happened.
That's a bloop into shallow right field that would have been a hit if not for there already being a runner on first base who had to stay close to the bag in case the ball was caught. However, the ball wasn't caught, so once it landed safely on the ground, the runner was forced out at second, which correctly resulted in an out for Wilson.
Streak over. That is an absolutely brutal way for this chase for millions to end.
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