20-Game Hitting Streak for Velásquez
The <Utah Rhinos:team#177> fell to the <Nevada Piranhas:team#178> in Utah Grounds today, even as 28-year-old second baseman <Pepe Velásquez:player#9974> upped his consecutive-game hitting streak to 20 games.  Velásquez finished with 1 hit in 3 at-bats, but could not stop the Rhinos from dropping the 3-2 decision.

"Yeah, I kept my streak going, but it would have been better to come away with a win," said Velásquez. 
<Pepe Velásquez:player#9974> flied out in the 1st, grounded out in the 4th, singled in the 6th and walked in the 8th.

This season <Velásquez:player#9974> is batting .316 with 2 home runs. He has scored 18 runs and driven in 21.