Karrie Webb grabbed the galleries. Mardi Lunn quietly retained the lead.

Webb, gunning for her sixth victory of the year, strung together seven consecutive birdies in a 66 today but shaved just one stroke off Lunn's lead in the second round of the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic.

"I just felt like I could make everything,'' Webb said after rolling in putts of 20, 18, 18, 15 and 12 feet during the streak.

Lunn, like Webb an Australian, heard the roars and had her worst fears affirmed by a look at the leaderboard.

"It's nice to have her chasing you," Lunn said with more than a hint of sarcasm.

Lunn held on down the stretch, belying the fact that she's never finished higher than third in 129 LPGA starts.

Lunn followed her opening-round 65 with a solid 67 to get to 10-under 132 and a three-stroke lead. After Webb pulled even with her midway through the round, Lunn birdied two of the final six holes -- while Webb was posting two bogeys -- to regain control.

Jenny Lidback followed an opening 67 with a 68 to grab sole possession of second.

Webb, who began the day five shots back of Lunn after shooting an opening-round 1-under-par 70, finished with four others at 6-under 136, four shots off the lead.

Starting play on the 10th hole, Webb parred the first two holes and then reeled off seven birdies in a row to tie for the lead.

The seven consecutive birdies -- the best streak of Webb's career -- was two off the LPGA record set earlier this year by Beth Daniel at the tour stop in Austin, Texas.

Lunn overcame a bogey on her second hole with four birdies in a five-hole stretch. After missing a 3-foot par putt at her 11th hole, she rolled in 12- and 25-foot birdie putts to extend her lead.

Lunn played the round like the poker player she is. After shooting a 65 in the opening round, the 31-year-old didn't retire to her room and fret about winning her first LPGA tournament.

"I sat around and played cards, won some money off the girls, had a couple of glasses of wine and relaxed," Lunn said.

She said she gained confidence from a third-place finish in last week's LPGA Championship, playing the last two rounds 11 shots under par, better than anyone in the field.

"It'd be great to win. It's everybody's goal,'' she said. "I started to get more consistent this season.''

In the LPGA Championship, "I finished off the job. Being in that position, you feel you can do it again."

Webb had difficulty maintaining her torrid pace.

Her birdie streak came to an end when she missed the green and had to settle for par at hole No. 1 - her 10th of the day. Two holes later she hit a 7-iron flyer from the rough and failed to get up and down for par from behind the green. After missing a 10-foot birdie putt on the next hole, she hit a 6-iron left of the green and again settled for bogey.

"It was pretty much a Jekyll and Hyde for me today,'' Webb said. "Still, I'm 6-under and in contention for the tournament, so I'm pretty happy."

Webb was joined at 136 by Cindy McCurdy, Carin Koch, Tracy Hanson and Marisa Baena.

Defending champion Se Ri Pak, who shot an LPGA-record 61 in the second round a year ago, had a 69 and led a group at 5-under 137 that included two-time Farr winner Kelly Robbins. Also at 5-under were Sherri Steinhauer, Mayumi Hirase, Amy Benz, Akiko Fukushimi and Shani Waugh.

AP