NEW YORK -- Matt Olson would need to play another 12 seasons to break Cal Ripken Jr.’s seemingly unbreakable record. But the Braves first baseman should soon own one of MLB’s four-longest consecutive games streaks of the past half-century.

Olson played in his 741st consecutive game as the Braves claimed a 4-3 win over the Mets on Thursday night at Citi Field. This moved him past Atlanta legend Dale Murphy and into fifth place for the longest streak of the Divisional Era, which began in 1969. He’s on track to pass Pete Rose and own the fourth-longest streak of this span on Tuesday.

Ripken owns the MLB record with 2,632 consecutive games played and Lou Gehrig still ranks second with 2,130. No other player in baseball’s long rich history has played more than 1,307 consecutive games. And

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