1.   In the second, for example, they strung together three singles in the space of four lineup slots.

2.   Wells righted himself, stringing together three scoreless innings after the fifth.

3.   Duval parred his first four holes before stringing together three birdies on holes five through seven.

4.   One of the impoverished communities is on the northern island of Hokkaido while the other three are strung along the Pacific coast of Honshu island.