Werth extends on-base streak to 45 games

DENVER - Jayson Werth has extended his on-base streak to 45 games with a walk for the Washington Nationals against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.

He's one off Montreal Expos star Rusty Staub's franchise record set over the 1969-70 seasons.

Werth's streak is the longest ever for the Nationals and passed Tim Raines for the second-longest on the franchise list. Raines reached in 44 straight games for the Montreal Expos spanning the 1985-86 seasons.

Entering Wednesday's game, Werth was hitting .263/.384/.462 with six homers, 13 doubles, and 31 walks over the course of his streak, which began on June 20. The major-league record for consecutive games reaching base is 84, set by Ted Williams in 1949.

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