1. Even when back-to-back singles leading off the ninth gave the Golden Panthers some hope, Prior shut the door with three consecutive strikeouts. 2. He had eight consecutive strikeouts. 3. He even had a stretch of four consecutive strikeouts. 4. It was the first of seven consecutive strikeouts recorded by Brown. 5. Robb Nen completed the ninth inning with consecutive strikeouts of Eric Karros, Raul Mondesi and Todd Hollandsworth. 6. The left-hander struck out the first two batters he faced, tying a Mariners record with eight consecutive strikeouts. 7. Byung-Hyun Kim struck out the side for Arizona in the eighth, extending his streak of consecutive strikeouts to seven. 8. He had eight strikeouts, ending his streak of four consecutive double-digit strikeout games. 9. He struck out again in the fifth and the eighth with a runner on third to extend his consecutive strikeouts record in one series to eight. |
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