31 and done
Twins reliever Caleb Thielbar saw his streak of consecutive at-bats without allowing a hit end at 31 with Ben Zobrist's two-run homer in the seventh inning Monday. Still, Thielbar ranks high in Twins history. A look at the longest such streaks:
36: Scott Erickson, 1994
34: Jared Burton, 2012
33: Gerry Arrigo, 1964
32: Jack O'Connor, 1982
31: Joe Nathan, 2006
31: Caleb Thielbar, 2013
30: Dean Chance, 1967
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