Final answer:
The correct answer to correct the sentence is A: 'The team improved its record; as a result, the players once enjoyed an 88-game winning streak.' This answer properly uses a semicolon to link two related independent clauses and 'as a result' to show causality or sequence.
Step-by-step explanation:
To correct the sentence 'The team improved its record the players once enjoyed an 88-game winning streak', we need to clarify the relationship between the two ideas present in the sentence. There should be a connection indicating that the team's record improved as a consequence of the players' winning streak, or that these two events are distinct but sequentially related. Among the given options, the correct answer is A: 'The team improved its record; as a result, the players once enjoyed an 88-game winning streak.' This properly uses a semicolon to connect two closely related independent clauses and then uses 'as a result' to show that the improved record led to or coincided with an 88-game winning streak. Option B is incorrect because it lacks proper punctuation to separate the two independent clauses. Option C incorrectly places 'as a result' and lacks a connector following it, resulting in a fragmented sentence. Option D suggests no change is needed, which is incorrect because the original sentence is a run-on.