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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Eric Gagne's streak of 84 consecutive saves ended against the same team he couldn't hold off two years ago: the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Gagne's major league-record streak ended Monday night when he blew a two-run lead for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who came back to beat Arizona 6-5 in 10 innings.
Gagne relieved with a 5-3 lead at the start of the ninth but allowed pinch-hitter Luis Gonzalez's RBI double and Chad Tracy's run-scoring single on an 0-2 pitch that went past the glove of a diving first baseman Olmedo Saenz. Both hits came off changeups.
``I never really thought about the streak at all,'' Gagne said. ``I'm not really relieved about it, but it was so much fun to be a part of it.''
Realizing that Gagne's streak was over, the crowd of 32,929 at Dodger Stadium gave Gagne a standing ovation as he stood on the mound with his head down.
``He had a great run,'' Gonzalez said. ``The Dodgers have had a great run of pitchers with streaks -- Orel Hershiser with his scoreless inning streak, and this one with the saves.
``Gagne did a fantastic job, but finally we got over the hump to get him to blow a save out there. There was one team out there that was eventually going to break it.'
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