SAN FRANCISCO — Lightning might’ve struck the Bay Area Sunday morning, but it wouldn’t strike thrice in the ninth inning at Oracle Park. There was no need.
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That kind of streak is as rare as it sounds. There have been seven instances in which an MLB player had at least seven straight hits as home runs. Two of them are by Olson. The others: Jay Bruce, Marcus Thames, Harmon Killebrew, Hee-Seop Choi and Mark McGwire. McGwire hit 11 straight in 18 games in 1998 with the St. Louis Cardinals.