One streak continues, one stops

Two interesting notes from Friday's Pirates-Cubs game:

1. Nate McLouth hit a solo home run to extend his hitting streak to 16 games. The last Pirates player to begin a season with a hitting streak this long was Al Oliver, who had an 18-game streak in 1972.

2. Though the Pirates made a couple of bad choices on defense Friday, they were not charged with an error in the game.

This marked the first time since opening day, a streak of 14 games, that the Pirates did not commit an error in the game. The Pirates lead the majors in errors with 21.