1.   And Ichiro Suzuki opened the game with a hit off Randy Johnson.

2.   And if I have two or three hits off this record, I can do anything I want.

3.   Arizona did not get a hit off Williams until Reggie Sanders singled with two out in the fourth inning.

4.   At least the Yankees managed a run and three hits off Smoltz through four innings.

5.   Benes did have trouble with Jeff Cirillo, who collected three hits off him.

6.   But Monday night the Giants managed only a handful of hits off Steve Trachsel and a baling-wire Cubs bullpen.

7.   But only one ball left the park, in the fifth inning when Mark Lewis hit a home run for the only hit off Pavlik.

8.   But Middleboro rallied for three runs in the fourth on four consecutive hits off Tuber, including back-to-back doubles by identical twins Kevin and Brandon Brower.

9.   But the Expos recorded at least one hit off Reed in each of the six innings he pitched.

10.   But the Athletics have a little more muscle than the Royals and they scored eight runs on nine hits off Helling.