Using the pitching game finder and taking out the non-current streaks, here are the longest active streaks for relief pitchers allowing at least one hit per appearance.

                   StreakStart  Streak End Games   W   L   GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR   ERA  HBP  WP  BK Teams
+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Willie Eyre        2007-07-02  2007-08-12    11    2   1   0   0   0   3   0   24.1   32   13   13   15   13   1   4.81   0   2   0 TEX
 Ryan Rowland-Smit  2007-06-22  2007-08-09    11    0   0   0   0   0   4   0   17.1   19    9    7    6   20   3   3.63   2   0   0 SEA
 Randy Messenger    2007-07-07  2007-08-04    11    0   2   0   0   0   5   0   13.1   19    7    7    5    5   1   4.73   0   1   0 SFG

 Eric Gagne         2007-07-16  2007-08-12    10    0   0   0   0   0   6   3    9     18   11   11    3   10   2  11.00   0   1   0 TEX-BOS

 Mike Gosling       2007-07-16  2007-08-12     9    1   0   0   0   0   3   0   14.2   18    7    7   12   14   2   4.30   1   1   0 CIN

 Chad Bradford      2007-07-25  2007-08-12     8    1   0   0   0   0   3   1    7.1   14    5    4    2    2   0   4.91   0   0   0 BAL

Things are looking up for Gagne, though. In his most recent appearance, he finally allowed only one baserunner. He had a nice 2+ streak going before that.

In all seriousness, his numbers are just horrible, dating back to before he joined the Red Sox. His streak of 10 appearances with a hit includes his last 5 games with Texas. Notice that he's compiled an ERA at least twice as high as every other guy on this list.

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