Jun 16, 2024, 01:26 ET
Diablos Rojos de México establishes best won and lost records in the last two decades in the Mexican Baseball League, in the first 40, 45 and 50 games of a season
A couple of games in the preseason marked the course of the Red Devils of Mexico for the 2024 campaign of the Mexican Baseball Leaguein which they have converted in it best team to the establish he best record in won and lost Upon arriving at 40, Four. Five and fifty matches played taking into account each year in the last two decades.
On March 24 and 25, the Red Devils faced the legendary Major League team, New York Yankees, in two preseason games at the Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium in Mexico City, and in both they took the victory with scores of 4-3 and 8-5, to pave the way in search of breaking a 10-year drought without a title.
And under the command of Lorenzo Bundy – who in three previous seasons had a record of 69-81 with Puebla and Durango -, Diablos Rojos have become the invincible team of the LMB, establishing marks of 33-7, 37- 8 and 40-10 in the first 40, 45 and 50 games of a season since 2005.
Before Diablos, the Acereros de Monclova in the 2018-II season – that year the league held two tournaments of 57 games each – established the best marks for 40, 45 and 50 matches, with records of 31-9, 35-10 and 38-12, respectively.
In the 2018-II season, Monclova’s 31 wins in 40 games surpassed Puebla’s 30 in 2010 and Monterrey’s 35 wins in 45 matches and 38 wins in 50 games surpassed Monterrey’s 34 wins in 45 and 36 wins in 50 games. in 2017.
The Devils started the season 7-0, their best start in 14 years, since going 6-0 to start the 2010 season, when they also went 7-1 in their first eight meetings. In 2009 they started 5-0.
In the next 11 games the Diablos record fell to 6-5, to compile 13-5 in the first 18 games. However, a string of 10 victories led the team to 23-5 in 28 games and 24-6 in the first 30 games.
After winning and losing in games 31 and 32, another streak of 10 consecutive victories came to reach a record of 35-7 on June 2, leaving a record of 33-7 in 40 games.
With their second 10-0 streak, the Red Devils also established themselves as the only LMB team since at least 2005 with two strings of 10 victories in the same season in different years, after doing so in 2008 when they achieved it with 12 victories from May 20 to June 5 and 10 from 15 to 26 July.
His streaks of 10 this season have been from May 3 to 13 and from May 19 to June 2.
By reaching 50 games, Diablos have 30 wins over .500, their best figure since finishing with 34 over .500 in 2015, 35 in 2009 and 38 in 2002, seasons that had more than 100 games, unlike 2024 which will have 93 games –heck already has one canceled.
In 1998, the Devils finished 40 wins over .500 with a record of 80-39 in 119 games played. Since then, three other teams have surpassed that figure, Monterrey with 49 wins above .500 in 2006, Yucatán with 44 in 2016 and Tijuana with 42 in 2017.
Until Saturday, Diablos Rojos closed with a 42-10 record, with 40 games left in the season. Their longest losing streak is two and was against Rojos del Águila de Veracruz at the Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium on May 1 and 2, in the only series they have lost this season.
