Imagine if Brooks Lee gets two hits on Saturday for the Twins and his longest active MLB hitting streak jumps from 13 to 15 games.
It doesn't work that way on the field, but in Beat the Streak, two hits in one day can mean two games added to your streak.
User "lotank" put that feature to good use on Saturday, selecting the Athletics' Jacob Wilson and Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. as a "Double Down" option. When both collected a hit -- Wilson singled in his second at-bat and Acuña homered in his second plate appearance -- lotank's streak went from 48 to 50 games.
Seven more and lotank will become the first winner of Beat the Streak's $5.6 million prize in the 25-season history of the game. Two more and he'll have the game's longest streak.
The goal is to beat Joe DiMaggio's MLB-best 56-game hitting streak, which the Yankee Clipper accomplished over two historic months in 1941.
Beat the Streak includes features not offered to real players, like that Double Down option, and a Streak Saver contestants can use with a streak between 10 and 15.
Otherwise, actual hitting streak rules apply.
If your pick gets at least one official at-bat without a hit, the streak resets to zero. And like in real baseball, you don't have to play every day. If you don't play, your streak remains intact.
Since Beat the Streak's inception in 2001, more than 100 users have reached streaks of 40 or more, including two streaks of 51. More than 5 million unique users have played.