--RHP Brandon Lyon's 25-inning scoreless streak was the longest among major league relievers since Angels RHP closer Francisco Rodriguez had a 31-inning streak from June 25 to Sept. 15, 2006. Lyon made 24 appearances over 73 days, faced 104 batters and made 401 pitches between Colorado OF Matt Holliday's homer April 6 and Oakland SS Bobby Crosby's homer Tuesday. "Unbelievable," D-backs manager Bob Melvin said. "A phenomenal streak." Lyon has converted 13 consecutive save opportunities, a run that still stands.
--RHP Dan Haren and Mets LHP Johan Santana, the two most precious pitching commodities on the offseason trade market, find themselves linked again after Haren's bases-loaded double that drove in three runs Wednesday. Haren and Santana lead major league pitchers with four doubles. "I just tried to put the bat on the ball," said Haren, whose ball carried over CF Carlos Gonzalez's head. "Outfielders play in on me most of the time, so if I hit a good one, I get it by them." --1B Chad Tracy, who missed almost the first two months of this season and the last two months of 2007, had three singles in his first three-hit game since May 11, 2007, at Houston. He singled in the middle of a five-run rally in the first inning and singled to lead off a three-run third. "It's good to see 'Trace' get going," manager Bob Melvin said. Tracy has started five of the D-backs' past six games against right-handed starters, with 1B/OF Conor Jackson moving to left field.
--SS Stephen Drew was a triple short of the cycle Wednesday after singling in the first inning, homering in the fifth and doubling in the seventh. He has 10 homers, two short of his career high set in 543 at-bats last season. He has 257 at-bats this year. It was the second near-cycle of the day for the Drew family. Older brother J.D. Drew also missed by a triple after getting a homer, a double and two singles in Boston's victory at Philadelphia.
--RHP Dan Haren beat his former Oakland team Wednesday the way he used to win with them, with precise location of a disciplined repertoire that appeared to include more cut fastballs than in any of his 14 previous starts this season. "It was a little weird, because a lot of those guys are close friends," said Haren, who won 43 games for the A's from 2005-07 before joining the D-backs over the winter. "I don't want to leave anybody out -- (Mark) Ellis, (Eric) Chavez, (Joe) Blanton. We went through some wars together."
--The D-backs tied season highs with 11 runs and 15 hits in an 11-1 victory over Oakland on Wednesday, scoring 11 for the first time since May 23 and getting 15 hits for the first time since May 13.
BY THE NUMBERS: 25 -? Consecutive scoreless innings for RHP Brandon Lyon before the streak ended June 17.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I try to look at it as, we're pretty lucky to be where we are. I try to look at it as the glass is half full." -- D-backs manager Bob Melvin, whose team added two games to its NL West lead despite winning 15 of its last 35 games through June 15.
