Major Leaguers Albert Pujols and Derek Jeter have acheived a lot in their baseball careers, but even that duo may never have had a streak like Matt Shoub put together last month.

The 11-year old, who is a sixth-grader at Hadley Junior High, reached safely in 20 consecutive plate appearances in a six-game stretch over a three-week period in a Glen Ellyn fall league. The streak included 18 hits, 15 of which came in a row, and a pair of walks, while there were no errors or hit by pitch.

“I wasn’t really thinking about it,” Shoub said. “When I was 10-for-10, I wasn’t paying attention to it. Then when I was 15-for-15, I was like wow, this is working.

“There were two hits that hit the fence and one was on the warning track. They were mostly singles and doubles and one triple.”

Even more impressive, Shoub’s accomplishment came while playing for a pair of teams. He knocked out 11 hits and had two walks with the U11 squad and picked up the other seven hits with the U13 team.

“I really frankly wasn’t aware of it,” said his father, Scott Shoub. “But then he kept piling up hit after hit after hit. He’s been playing simultaneously for two teams which makes the feat that much more outstanding.

“As it started to pile up, he came to me and said, ‘Dad, do you know I haven’t made an out yet,’ and he asked what the Major League record was for most consectutive hits. It turned out to be a great father-son moment when we went to the laptop and researched it together. His eyes just lit up.

“This is something he will probably never do again. I will argue 10 consecutive hits is something he will never do again. I am realistic in the fact that this is Little League and I’m not saying he’s going to make the major leagues. But what I am saying is this was a great acheivement for an 11-year old.”

The streak ended on Sept. 20 in unbelievable fashion as Shoub’s bid for another hit was denied by the opposition’s center-fielder, who made a diving catch on a ball hit over his head.

“He’s a heck of a kid,” said Joe Daniels, the coach of the U11 team. “He is an awesome player and he will play whatever position I play him at. He is a joy to coach. It is just an awesome accomplishment by a kid who is great to coach.”