Fresh off a perfect game last week, Mark Buehrle made more history Tuesday night, setting down the first 17 batters he faced in Minnesota to set the major league record for consecutive hitters retired.The White Sox left-hander tied the previous record of 41 straight -- held by current teammate Bobby Jenks and former Giants and Angels reliever Jim Barr -- on a strikeout of the Twins' Michael Cuddyer to open the bottom of the fifth inning. He then retired Joe Crede and Brendan Harris on back-to-back groundouts to run his record to 43 in a row.
Buehrle got the first two outs in the sixth inning -- a popup by Carlos Gomez and a groundout by Nick Punto -- before walking Alexi Casilla and surrendering a single to Denard Span, pushing the new mark all the way to 45 straight retired.
Johnny Vander Meer's seemingly unbreakable record of two straight no-hitters is safe, but Buehrle went on quite the run all the same.




