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Longest streaks this year by starting pitchers going at least 7 innings in each start:

                  StreakStart  Streak End Games   W   L   GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR   ERA  HBP  WP  BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 Roy Halladay       2009-04-06  2009-06-07    13   10   1  13   3   1   0   0  100     90   30   28   12   88   6   2.52   2   2   0 TOR

 Danny Haren        2009-05-12  2009-06-30     9    4   2   9   1   0   0   0   66     45   18   18    6   62   8   2.45   2   1   0 ARI

 Felix Hernandez    2009-06-05  2009-07-17     8    5   0   8   1   1   0   0   61.1   40   11   10   17   57   2   1.47   2   6   1 SEA
 C.C. Sabathia      2009-05-08  2009-06-16     8    5   1   8   1   1   0   0   61.2   43   21   20   15   45   6   2.92   2   2   0 NYY
 Johnny Cueto       2009-04-22  2009-05-29     8    4   2   8   0   0   0   0   57     40   15   14   13   38   6   2.21   3   1   0 CIN

 Kevin Millwood     2009-04-06  2009-05-09     7    3   3   7   1   0   0   0   52.1   44   19   17   11   27   7   2.92   2   2   0 TEX

 Tim Lincecum       2009-06-07  2009-07-04     6    5   1   6   3   2   0   0   49.1   30    7    6    9   50   2   1.09   1   3   0 SFG
 Josh Johnson       2009-05-24  2009-06-20     6    4   0   6   1   0   0   0   44.2   33   14   14   12   36   2   2.82   1   3   0 FLA
 Mark Buehrle       2009-05-07  2009-06-04     6    2   2   6   0   0   0   0   44.1   40   14   13    6   27   5   2.64   0   1   0 CHW
 Cliff Lee          2009-04-22  2009-05-19     6    1   3   6   0   0   0   0   46     47    8    8    5   31   1   1.57   0   0   0 CLE
 Zack Greinke       2009-04-18  2009-05-15     6    5   1   6   4   2   0   0   49     31    5    4    5   49   0   0.73   0   2   0 KCR

 J.A. Happ          2009-06-27  2009-07-19     5    3   0   5   1   1   0   0   37     27    6    6    5   24   3   1.46   1   0   0 PHI
 Adam Wainwright    2009-06-26  2009-07-18     5    2   2   5   0   0   0   0   39.1   32    8    7   15   39   1   1.60   1   1   0 STL
 John Danks         2009-06-10  2009-07-03     5    3   2   5   0   0   0   0   35.2   22    6    6    8   31   2   1.51   3   0   0 CHW
 Derek Lowe         2009-05-18  2009-06-09     5    2   2   5   0   0   0   0   36.1   30   14   12    6   15   0   2.97   1   0   1 ATL
 Zach Duke          2009-05-12  2009-06-02     5    3   1   5   1   0   0   0   37     32   10   10    8   19   2   2.43   2   0   0 PIT
 Chad Billingsley   2009-04-23  2009-05-14     5    2   1   5   0   0   0   0   35.2   26    9    8   17   35   1   2.02   4   2   0 LAD

Felix Hernandez has the longest active streak with 8 starts in a row, but Adam Wainwright and youngster J. A. Happ are working on active 5-game streaks of their own.

Happ has slipped under most people's radar since he started in the bullpen, only moving to the rotation when Brett Myers was unable to pitch anymore. Also, despite his 7-0 record, the Phillies lost several of his other starts, including 1-run late-game losses to the Yankees, Mets, Orioles, and Reds.

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