"Jorge Cantu Sr. has watched his son hit plenty of home runs in person. He was in attendance at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday when Cantu sent a Brett Myers pitch into the Crawford boxes.

"I think every time he's around I've done really well," Cantu said. "I remember when I was in Tampa, he would come to Dallas. Every single time I'd always hit a home run."

Cantu had even more support Wednesday. Including his father, brother and a couple of uncles, about 25 family and friends were on hand.

"It's going to be loud I think," Cantu said. "My uncles are crazy. Good people, very good people. Harmless, but they know how to have a good time."

Cantu has been doing well regardless of who's in the stands. His ninth-inning single extended his hitting streak to 19 games. That tied Luis Castillo for the sixth-longest in franchise history. Castillo, who had a club-best 35-game run in 2002, hit in 19 in a row from July 3-28, 2000. In 1999, he had a 22-game hitting streak.

"I take a lot of pride in that," Cantu said. "Now that I have that streak going I want to put solid contact on that ball every single at-bat and whatever happens, happens. If the ball goes through, great … I can go 0 for 4 or 0 for 3 with a couple of sacrifice flies. That would end the streak, but whatever, I'll be happy because I'm making that contact I want to be making every single day.""