maine's scoreless-inning streak reached 26 innings before he allowed a run. against washington on august 12, maine retired 11 of the first 12 batters he faced before nick johnson hit a solo home run. the streak fell 5 innings short of jerry koosman's mets franchise record. his streak was the longest ever by a mets rookie starter, exceeding dwight gooden and anthony young's 23-inning streaks by two. his 25 scoreless innings by a starter was the longest streak since al leiter threw 25 scoreless in .