Looking back at other double-digit win streaks by Blue Jays

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Jul 9, 2025, 08:00 EDTUpdated: Jul 9, 2025, 05:34 EDT

With Tuesday’s victory, the Toronto Blue Jays have now won 10 consecutive games.

This is the Blue Jays’ seventh streak in franchise history that has reached the double-digit mark. Their last loss was on June 28, a humiliating 15-1 loss to the sub.500 Boston Red Sox. That put the Blue Jays three games behind the New York Yankees for the American League East lead.

Toronto rebounded to take the series with a 5-3 win on June 29, kick-starting the 10-game winning streak. They wrangled first in the division away from the Yankees thanks to a four-game sweep at the Rogers Centre, the first time they’ve ever done that against the Yankees. Then, they won three one-run games against the Los Angeles, the first time the Blue Jays have ever swept a seven-game or more home stand.

Their winning ways have continued against the Chicago White Sox, the last team to defeat them in a series. On Monday, they defeated the bottom-dwelling team 8-4, followed by a 6-1 win thanks to rain on Tuesday evening. This was the Blue Jays’ 11th series win in their last 13.

With the win, the Jays have matched their second-highest win streak of 10, and the highest since their 11-game win streak in 2015. Let’s take a look at the Blue Jays’ double-digit win streaks in their history.

The other 10-game winning streak

On August 29, 2008, the Blue Jays fell 2-1 to the Yankees, dropping their record to 68-66 and pushing them 10 games behind the only Wild Card spot. They fired back with a 7-6 win against the Yankees on August 30, followed by a 6-2 win the next day to win the series against one of the teams they were chasing.

Returning to Rogers Centre, they defeated the Minnesota Twins 7-5 on September 2, 5-4 in walk-off fashion on the third, and blew them out 9-0 in the series finale. They then hosted the Tampa Bay Rays for a three-game series, defeating them 6-4 in the series opener to push their winning streak to five.

It took all the way until the bottom of the 13th to find a winner in September 6’s game, but Lyle Overbay hit a three-run home run for their second walk-off win of the win streak. In the series finale, the Jays won a 1-0 game, as David Purcey pitched eight scoreless innings.

Next up was an away series against the Chicago White Sox that involved some rain, as September 8th’s game was rained out, setting up a doubleheader. That was no problem for the Jays, as they won the first game 3-1 and the second game 8-2.

Unfortunately, their streak came to an end on September 10, falling 6-5 to the White Sox. Although they had a 10-game winning streak, the Jays were still seven games behind the only Wild Card spot, but would’ve been in a spot if it were a three-team Wild Card as it is in 2025. They didn’t make the playoffs, and wouldn’t for another seven years.

There are quite a few similarities between that series and this series. One day involved rain in each series, the Jays were in Chicago, and the Blue Jays ended their 10-game losing streak on Wednesday. Hopefully, that doesn’t happen in the season finale so they can match their franchise record of 11 straight victories.

Their 11-game winning streaks

The Blue Jays have never had a 12+ game winning streak, but they have had five 11-game winning streaks. Their first 11-game winning streak came in the 1987 season, starting in early June.

1987’s 11-game winning streak

Coming into June 2nd’s game, the Blue Jays were two games back of the Yankees for the top spot in the seven-team American League East. They kicked off their win streak by defeating the Seattle Mariners twice, followed by a sweep of the Baltimore Orioles at home, and then the Yankees in The Bronx.

They played the Orioles for the second time in three series, winning the first three, but eventually falling 8-5 on June 14. After June 13th’s game, the Blue Jays had a three-run division lead over the Yankees, but ultimately missed the postseason because only two American League teams made it back then. The Blue Jays easily would’ve made the Wild Card game if there was one.

1998’s 11-game winning streak

Their next 11-game winning streak came 12 years later in 1998. On August 26, 1998, a day after I was born, the Jays had a 67-66 record, 26.5 games back of the division lead and 12.5 games back of the Wild Card spot.

On August 27, the Blue Jays smashed the Kansas City Royals 11-1 to win that series. They hosted the Minnesota Twins for three games, winning 7-6, 14-7, and 6-0 to bring their winning streak to four. Toronto played two games in Kansas, winning 2-1 and 5-0, followed by a four-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox at home, winning 4-3 (walk-off), 12-1, 4-3, and 8-7. To match their win streak record, the Jays defeated the Cleveland Guardians 15-1 on September 7, before losing 6-3 on September 9th.

By the end of the season, the Blue Jays finished with an 88-74 record, just four games back of the Boston Red Sox for the only Wild Card. Once again, if there had been two or three Wild Card spots at the time, the Blue Jays would’ve comfortably made it to the postseason.

2013’s 11-game winning streak

It took another 15 years for the Jays to win 11 straight again. After all the big moves entering the 2013 season, the Blue Jays had a shockingly poor record of 27-36 on June 10, third-last in the American League.

After dropping the first game to the White Sox, the Jays defeated them 7-5 in extra innings on June 11th to kick off the winning streak. They swept the four games in Arlington against the Texas Rangers, followed by a sweep of the Colorado Rockies at home. Their last sweep was a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles, also at home, before falling 4-1 to the Rays on Jun. 24th.

The Blue Jays’ win streak brought them to within three games of the final Wild Card spot on June 23rd, but they ultimately fell to 17.5 games back by the end of the season thanks to a 74-88 record.

2015’s first 11-game winning streak

Just like the 2025 season, the 2015 Blue Jays were special. In the first game of the doubleheader on June 2nd against the Washington Nationals, the Blue Jays fell 2-0 to drop to 23-30, four and a half games behind the division-leading New York Yankees.

The Jays reportedly napped together between games and came out with a 7-3 game win thanks to two Kevin Pillar home runs off Max Scherzer. Toronto won the series with an 8-0 victory in the final game, followed by a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros at home. They then hosted the Miami Marlins, defeating them in three games. Both home series involved a walk-off win.

The Blue Jays went to Fenway and defeated the Red Sox in a three-game series, scoring 13 runs in the first and third games. Finally, the Jays’ 11-game win streak ended on June 15th, falling 4-3 in walk-off fashion to the New York Mets. After the 11-game win streak, the Jays were a game back of the Wild Card and division lead.

2015’s second 11-game winning streak

But wait, there’s another one! Before the 2015 trade deadline, the Blue Jays made massive moves by bringing in David Price and Troy Tulowitzki. On August 1st, the Jays fell 7-6 to the Kansas City Royals, my all-time favourite game that I’ll cover on the day before the 10th anniversary in a Throwback Thursday.

Anyway, the Jays were six games back of the division lead and two games back of the final Wild Card. They won 5-2 on August 2nd, kick-starting the 11-game winning streak. Next up was the Minnesota Twins, with the Blue Jays promptly defeating them 5-1, 3-1, 9-7, and 9-3 to bring their winning streak to five.

On August 7, the Jays began a three-game series against the Yankees, defeating them 2-1 in extra innings, 6-0, and 2-0. Returning home to face the Oakland Athletics, the Jays won 4-2, 10-3, and 4-2 to bring them to a half game above the Yankees.

The Blue Jays’ 11-game winning streak was snapped on August 14 by the Yankees, who took back control of the division. They had the division lead until the Jays defeated the Los Angeles Angels 12-5 on August 23rd, and the Jays never relinquished it en route to their first postseason since 1993.

Ryley Delaney is a Nation Network writer for Blue Jays Nation, Oilersnation, and FlamesNation. She can be followed on Twitter @Ryley__Delaney.

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