Sentence examples for strings of starts from inspiring English sources

"I've had strings of starts where I've been great, and strings of starts where I've been bad," Morrow said.

The intervening years have been a maddening string of starts and stops.

Dickey started the game appearing as he had in his recent string of starts, retiring the first three batters.

"You don't want to be the guy that messes up this string of starts we've got".

After no-decisions in his last two starts, Nova (16-4) allowed no runs in seven and two-thirds innings to extend his string of starts without a loss to 15. Nova, 12-0 since a 3-2 loss June 6 to the Los Angeles Angels, gave up six hits and walked three on 103 pitches.

This fall, as Feller's health faltered, Lincecum put together a memorable string of starts in the postseason (4-1, 2.43 ERA), leading the San Francisco Giants to the World Series title.

An impressive string of starting pitching helps, too.

Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Beyer, among the most renowned venture capital firms, has had a string of start-ups go awry.

Indeed, with his partner Kirk Knight, Mr. Sokol has had a string of start-up ventures over the last decade -- a company to create interactive movies, for example, and a Web infrastructure company with technology to speed up the Internet.

Neagle, restored to the rotation last week after spending a month in the bullpen because of a string of poor starts, had his second straight solid start.

Wilson's string of 59 starts ended two weeks ago at Cincinnati.