Streaks End for Griffey in 6-1 Loss
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SEATTLE — Rookie Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners had his streak of eight straight hits end Thursday night when he walked in the second inning of a 6-1 defeat to the Toronto Blue Jays.
The walk extended Griffey’s streak of reaching base to 11 consecutive trips to the plate, but that ended when Mike Flanagan struck him out in the fifth. His streak tied the club record.
The major league record for consecutive hits is 12, set in 1938 by Pinky Higgins of the Boston Red Sox and matched by Walt Dropo of Detroit in 1952.
Flanagan (1-1) allowed seven hits in 8 1/3 innings and lost his shutout in the ninth when Jeffrey Leonard and Dave Valle hit consecutive doubles.
Toronto’s Fred McGriff hit a three-run homer and a triple, driving in four runs.
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