CLEVELAND -- The crowd of 30,459 stood and cheered as Cody Allen fanned Trey Mancini for the final out.
Make it 17 in a row for the Cleveland Indians.
Francisco Lindor homered and Allen finished off another impressive performance for Cleveland's bullpen, helping the Indians beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 on Saturday for their 17th straight victory.
"It's one of those crazy things where you're just playing good baseball," said Allen, who earned his 25th save. "We're not really thinking about it as much as you guys are."
Cleveland's franchise-record streak is the longest in the majors since Oakland won 20 straight in 2002. The longest streak in baseball history belongs to the New York Giants, who had a 26-game run in 1916, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. The Giants' streak included a tie, which doesn't count as a game in baseball.
Jay Bruce's fourth-inning single put the Indians ahead to stay, and Josh Tomlin(9-9) pitched into the sixth to win his fifth consecutive decision.
"It's kind of weird, but it's also a lot of fun," he said.
The Indians haven't lost since Aug. 23. They've outscored their opponents 118-30 during the stretch. The plus-88 run differential in a 17-game span is the best in franchise history and the best in the majors since the Angels had multiple 17-game stretches of a plus-89 run differential in 2002, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Those Angels went on to win the World Series.
On Saturday, the Orioles jumped in front on Mancini's infield hit in the first. It was the first time since Cleveland's last loss that the Indians didn't score first.
Tomlin was pulled after Tim Beckham's 20th homer leading off the sixth. Five relievers then combined for four innings of one-hit ball.
"They're a heck of a team, man," Beckham said. "They have everything they need to win ballgames. You just give it your all and don't waste any at-bats because you can't afford to."
Baltimore rookie Gabriel Ynoa (1-1), making his first start of the season, allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings. The Orioles were three games out in the wild-card race entering play.
Giovanny Urshela's third-inning double tied it at 1. Carlos Santana scored on Bruce's single past a drawn-in infield, and then he added an RBI double in the fifth.
Lindor hit his 28th homer in the seventh.
The Indians nearly pulled off two spectacular defensive plays in the first. Urshela, playing second base for the first time in the majors, made a diving stop behind the bag of Manny Machado's ground ball. Throwing from his back, Urshela nearly got Machado at first.
Machado took third on Adam Jones' single. Mancini hustled down the line to beat a strong throw from the shortstop Lindor, who ranged behind second for his grounder.
The Indians went 11-0 on a road trip that ended Thursday. Cleveland extended the streak with a 5-0 win Friday in the opener of a 10-game homestand.
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