Lehman College pitcher Justin Chamorro.
Years of baseball hardship came to an end Tuesday afternoon for both the Yeshiva University Maccabees and Lehman College Lightning.
Lehman broke a 42-game losing streak with a 7-6 extra-inning victory over Yeshiva, a Modern Orthodox Jewish school, in the opener of a non-conference doubleheader in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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WATCH HEREThe eight-inning heartbreaker marked Yeshiva’s 100th consecutive loss.
But the Maccabees then stormed back in the nightcap to win 9-5, ending the longest active losing streak in college baseball.
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SIGN UP The Maccabees, now 1-19 this season, had last won a game on Feb. 27, 2022, in a doubleheader sweep of the John Jay Bloodhounds.
Before Tuesday, the 1-14 Lightning last visited the winner’s circle on May 9, 2023, with a 7-4 victory over the Baruch College Bearcats.
Tuesday’s doubleheader on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University, one of several home fields rented out by Yeshiva, had received a share of national attention and mockery.
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Yeshiva alumnus and comic Eitan Levine had called the matchup “statistically, the worst baseball game of all time.”
Yeshiva's 100 straight losses still fell well short of the 228 consecutive games the Caltech Beavers lost from 2003 to 2013, though.
The NCAA does not have any record of most combined losses by two teams meeting in any one contest. An NCAA spokesperson, told of the upcoming Yeshiva-Lehman contest, said Monday, "Wow, those are big numbers."
The two longest losing streaks in college baseball will officially play each other on Tuesday 👀
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Yeshiva carries a 99-game losing streak dating back to 2022, while Lehman has lost 42 straight since 2023.
Lehman is 17-0 all-time versus Yeshiva, averaging 15.35 runs per game… pic.twitter.com/5VEmyL8zut
Yeshiva coach Jeremy Renna, athletic director Greg Fox and all the players refused comment on the losing streak, according to a university spokesperson on Monday.
"The university has made the call from above myself, and above the AD, that we're not going to comment on" the streak, athletic department spokesperson Zeke Warren-Weigmann told NBC News on Monday.
Lehman athletic director Ryan McCarthy said he's still confident in Lightning coach Chris Delgado, even as the losses pile up.
"We are certain he can turn our program around," McCarthy said in a statement. "He has been hard at work in identifying and obtaining commitments from prospective student-athletes, laying the groundwork for future success while setting a culture on our current roster."
Delgado, 26, acknowledged all of the losing has been tough to endure but insists the team is making progress.
"Being on a losing streak is tough, especially a lengthy one, as many people will measure success by the number of tallies in the win column," said Delgado, a pitcher on the last Lehman team to win a ballgame in 2023.
"However, results don’t determine the type of program that we have. With the new coaching turnover, we’re rebuilding [a] program that’s establishing a strong foundation of excellence and integrity."
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