1.   But during their winless streak, which reached eight Saturday night in Phoenix, the Flames dropped two in OT.

2.   Earnhardt, who last won at Atlanta in March, extended his longest winless streak with Richard Childress Racing.

3.   For a while, it looked like it would be enough to snap the winless streak, too.

4.   For starters, his victory in Greensboro broke a four-year winless streak at tour events.

5.   Graves spoke in the locker room after the victory that ended a five-game winless streak.

6.   Gross, who has won two straight outings after a five-start winless streak, pitched as if he were not distracted by anything.

7.   He ended a winless streak at six games with back-to-back road victories against St. Louis and Dallas in the last week of December.

8.   He gave up only four scratch singles, and his winless streak against the Yankees is now history.

9.   He broke a five-year winless streak by winning the Ameritech Senior Open in Aurora, Ill.

10.   He had allowed only three hits and no walks, and had put himself in position to end a five-game winless streak.