Mark McGwire First Base St. Louis Cardinals Profile
	2001 SEASON STATISTICS GM HR RBI R SB AVG 67 21 44 35 0 .189

ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire singled in the fifth inning Wednesday night, ending a run of 11 straight hits for home runs.

McGwire had nothing but long balls since singling off Houston's Roy Oswalt in the first inning July 18 at Houston, totaling 71 at-bats. He singled up the middle on a 2-2 pitch from the Reds' Chris Reitsma leading off the fifth.

The Elias Sports Bureau said the run was unprecedented in the last 25 years. Additional research is unavailable. The closest anybody else came was Albert Belle, who had eight straight hits for home runs in 1995 when he played for the Cleveland Indians.

Earlier Wednesday, McGwire walked and scored in the first and grounded out to third in the third.