21.   Their fourth straight defeat was as numbing as it was embarrassing.

22.   Their second straight defeat was just another example of how vulnerable they have become on the road, where they have dropped seven straight.

23.   They suffered their second straight defeat after they had captured their first two games.

24.   This, after all, was their seventh straight defeat.

25.   This was the fifth straight defeat on national television for the Huskies in the four-year Jim Lambright regime.

26.   Two straight defeats at home worse.

27.   With starter Bret Saberhagen suffering his third straight defeat Sunday, there will be an outcry for an overhaul of the rotation.

28.   After ending the regular season with seven straight defeats, the Yankees were written off as over-the-hill champions when they started this series with a loss at Oakland.

29.   After ending the regular season with seven straight defeats, the Yankees were written off as fallen champions when they started this series with a loss at Oakland.

30.   Amsterdam came into the game after suffering two straight defeats, against the Claymores and Frankfurt Galaxy, for the first time in its three-season WLAF history.