 He began 1966 2-0 – and went downhill from there, losing a Nippon Pro Baseball record 15 consecutive decisions to finish the year at 2-15 with a 3.68 ERA.Hankyu was 55-58 when other pitchers got the decision.In '67, Kajimoto dropped his 16th in a row but went 15-8 afterwards and had a 2.44 ERA in a fine resurgent year.