Most consecutive wins to start a postseason by a Major League Baseball (MLB) team

The 2014 Kansas City Royals (USA) started a postseason with 8 victories in a row, breaking the record of 7 by the 1976 Cincinnati Reds and 2007 Colorado Rockies. The Royals started the 2014 Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason by beating the Oakland Athletics (USA) in the American League Wild Card game then won three consecutive games to defeat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (USA) in the A.L. Division Series, and then earned a four-game sweep over the Baltimore Orioles (USA) in the A.L. Championship Series. The 1976 Reds won seven in a row when they swept the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Championship Series and the New York Yankees in the World Series. The 2007 Rockies swept the Phillies in the N.L. Division Series and then the Arizona Diamondbacks in the N.L. Championship Series before being swept by the Boston Red Sox in the World Series.