1.   And after nine straight defeats, NorthernArizona finally beat Montana.

2.   Cayard, in need of a victory after two straight defeats, took the action to his counterpart, Francesco de Angelis.

3.   Cayard, in need of a victory Tuesday after two straight defeats, took the action to his counterpart, Francesco de Angelis.

4.   Glenn Healy, so valuable to the Rangers last season during a stretch when Richter was nursing a groin pull, took his third straight defeat.

5.   He is acutely aware that players still feel the sting of how last season ended, with three straight defeats that knocked them out of the playoffs.

6.   Instead, they suffered a second straight humiliating defeat to Auburn and then were burned by the Seminoles in a game they appeared to have won.

7.   It was the fifth straight defeat for the Eagles, whose fragile playoff hopes could be obliterated when they face the resurgent Giants next Sunday in Philadelphia.

8.   It was their third straight defeat, their most consecutive losses since they dropped four in a row last November.

9.   It was an ugly night for David Cone as he labored in conditions that included snow flurries and the Yankees plummeted to their fourth straight defeat.

10.   Not Behrens, who needed only to win the Classic to reaffirm his claim but instead ran seventh for his third straight defeat.