1.   Although the Dodgers scored only two runs until the eighth, long-struggling catcher Hundley extended his hitting streak to seven games with a double and two singles.

2.   Before he could field the ball and throw it, Cora was past first base and one step further on a career-best hitting streak.

3.   A batter needs no help in building a hitting streak.

4.   A day earlier, he had tied Eddie Murray and Roberto Alomar for the longest AL hitting streak by a switch-hitter.

5.   A reasonable argument can be made that maintaining an RBI streak is harder than running off a hitting streak.

6.   After Benji Gil walked, Damon Buford singled to center to tie the score and extend his hitting streak to seven games.

7.   Brogna did extend his hitting streak to eight games with an infield single in the second.

8.   But he also has hit safely in three successive games -- his longest hitting streak of the year.

9.   But Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo reminds us how great that record is with his recent hitting streak.

10.   Carlos Baerga, their good-hitting second baseman, was on a torrid hitting streak when he severely sprained his right ankle last Tuesday night.