Luis Castillo

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Luis Castillo extended his hitting streak to 30 games with a single tonight. It's the 39th time a player has hit in 30 consecutive games. Castillo is the first to do it since Vladimir Guerrero had a 31-game streak for Montreal in 1999.

Its time to take this guy serious. He is 14 games away from Pete Rose's record.

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But for real how awesome would that be to see Castillo do iT? im Sure he can he is a great hitter....and the marlins are rolling!!!!

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Luis went 1-3 Sunday

Castillo extended his hitting streak to 31 games, matching the longest in the majors since 1987

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there we go....my man is pecking away!

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It's the 27th time a player has hit in 31 consecutive games. The feat has been accomplished just eight times in the major leagues since 1949, most recently by Vladimir Guerrero of Montreal, who had a 31-game streak in 1999.
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The Marlins have 10 games left in their homestand against three teams with losing records and shaky pitching. Castillo, batting .388 during his streak and .330 overall, will face Cleveland's Chuck Finley (4-7, 3.92 ERA) on Tuesday.

It's the second longest streak among second basemen. St. Louis' Rogers Hornsby hit in 33 straight games in 1922.

A hit Tuesday night against Cleveland would give Castillo the longest streak since 1987, when Paul Molitor hit in 39 straight games for Milwaukee and San Diego's Benito Santiago had a 34-gamer.

Castillo needs to keep hitting for another month - until July 17 at Atlanta - to surpass Joe DiMaggio's 56-game streak, one of the most hallowed records in sports.

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What the heck is he looking at?
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL LUIS

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Luis needs to get at least past Rose. The Braves have just about one of the top rotations in baseball. He might run into some problems.

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in all honesty...i think castillo is going to go only about 1 or two more games..with the hit streak...

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32 games :)

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Luis Castillo singled in the bottom of the sixth.

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MIAMI (AP) - Luis Castillo tied Rogers Hornsby's 80-year-old record for
the longest hitting streak by a second baseman, beating out a dribbler
to the pitcher in the sixth inning Wednesday to make it 33 games in a
row.

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The Marlins' fleet leadoff hitter was 0-for-2 before he topped a 1-0 pitch that Cleveland Indians right-hander Danys Baez fielded on the second hop between the mound and plate. Baez's hurried throw sailed over the head of first baseman Jim Thome, and Castillo continued to second.


Official scorer Ron Jernick immediately credited Castillo with a hit and charged Baez with an error for allowing the runner to advance to second. TV replays confirmed the call, showing that Castillo reached first as the throw sailed past.

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Longest hitting streaks
Player Streak
Joe DiMaggio, New York (A), 1941 56
Willie Keeler, Baltimore (N), 1897 44
Pete Rose, Cincinnati, 1978 44
Bill Dahlen, Chicago (N), 1894 42
George Sisler, St. Louis (A), 1922 41
Ty Cobb, Detroit, 1911 40
Paul Molitor, Milwaukee, 1987 39
Tommy Holmes, Boston (N), 1945 37
Bill Hamilton, Philadelphia, 1894 36
Fred Clarke, Louisville, 1895 35
Ty Cobb, Detroit, 1917 35
George Sisler, St. Louis (A), 1925 34
George McQuinn, St. Louis (A), 1938 34
Dom DiMaggio, Boston (A), 1949 34
Benito Santiago, San Diego, 1987 34
George Davis, New York (N), 1893 33
Hal Chase, New York (A), 1907 33
Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis (N), 1922 33
Heinie Manush, Washington, 1933 33
Luis Castillo, Florida, 2002 33

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Castillo extends hit streak to 34 games

MIAMI (AP) - Luis Castillo needed only one at-bat Thursday to extend
his hitting streak to 34 games, tying DiMaggio - Dom, not Joe - and
three other players.

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HIT STREAK AT 35

THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING.
Luis reached base on an infield single to lead off the 3rd inning.