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Fish Chunks found this 5/12/2008 on sports.yahoo.com [flag]

SS Jeff Keppinger had seven straight hits before striking out in the eighth inning Sunday. It was the longest streak for a Reds batter since Adam Dunn also had seven straight hits on July 26-27 of last season. Including a walk, Keppinger reached safely in eight straight plate appearances. Only Pedro Guerrero(14), Barry Larkin (13), Dmitri Young (10) and Dunn (9) have had longer such streaks ... [link]

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Published 5/12/2008 by photi (noreply@blogger.com) at Fish Chunks
Fish start a four-game series in homer-friendly Cincinatti, taking their 7-game win streak to do battle with their 3-game losing streak in Great American Ballpark. Burke Badenhop goes against Aaron Harang tonight. (Yahoo)(ESPN)(Sportsline)(MLB)(FOX)(CNNSI)

Tonight's Questions
Published 5/12/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... CAN the Marlins continue to beat up on weak teams like tonight's opponent, the Reds, and improve their major league leading win-loss record? Or will Aaron Harang's teammates finally get him off the schneid and improve his 1-5 record? ...

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