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# St. Thomas ends Portsmouth baseball's record winning streak at 89
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/st-thomas-ends-portsmouth-baseballs-record-winning-streak-at-89/
- Published: 2012-05-01T15:15:06.000Z
- Updated: 2012-05-01T15:15:06.000Z
- Description: When the Portsmouth High School baseball team retook the national record last Wednesday for consecutive wins, Clippers coach Tim Hopley said it was only a matter of time until the streak ended.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Spring Sports, baseball, Division II, Portsmouth, St. Thomas, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

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When the Portsmouth High School baseball team retook the national record last Wednesday for consecutive wins, Clippers coach Tim Hopley said it was only a matter of time until the streak ended.

Monday was the day, and it shouldn't be much of a surprise that St. Thomas was the opponent. The Saints [scored four runs](http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120501-SPORTS-205010393?ref=nh-highschoolsports.com) in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat the Clippers 5-4, snapping Portsmouth's 89-game winning streak that dated back to the start of the 2008 season.

Since Portsmouth started that streak, it had beaten St. Thomas 10 times, including [wins in the championship game](http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120501/GJNEWS%5F01/705019940&ref=nh-highschoolsports.com) in 2009 and 2011.

The last time the Clippers lost was in the Class I (now Division II) quarterfinals on June 3, 2007\. Portsmouth, which was the top seed, lost 4-3 to Hollis Brookline, which went on to win the title that year.

During the streak, [there were eight one-run games](http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120501/GJSPORTS%5F01/705019887&ref=nh-highschoolsports.com) \- two each against St. Thomas and Oyster River and one each against HB, Souhegan and Con-Val.

Portsmouth (6-1) will look to start a new streak Wednesday, when it plays at Pelham (3-6). St. Thomas (7-0) hosts Merrimack Valley (2-4) on Wednesday and Sanborn (5-2) on Friday before traveling to Hollis to face the Cavaliers (7-0) on May 7\. Both teams could enter that game at 9-0 in Division II.

The Clippers and Saints will meet again on May 21 in Portsmouth. The streak may not stand for long; also on May 21, Martensdale-St. Marys of Iowa, which has won 87 games in a row, will begin its baseball season.

[St. Thomas snaps PHS baseball win streak at 89](http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120501-SPORTS-205010393?ref=nh-highschoolsports.com) \- Portsmouth Herald

[Stopped by Saints](http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120501/GJNEWS%5F01/705019940&ref=nh-highschoolsports.com) \- Foster's Daily Democrat

[Former Clippers weigh in as streak ends](http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120501/GJSPORTS%5F01/705019887&ref=nh-highschoolsports.com) \- Foster's Daily Democrat