1.   Although he seldom faced danger, Reynolds was gritty when he needed to be, twice stranding runners at third.

2.   Armas walked Sheffield, but Karros lined out to center field to strand the runners.

3.   As the case has been recently, however, both runners were stranded.

4.   Bob Wickman replaced Hutton and struck out Kevin Seitzer to strand a runner in the fifth.

5.   Bonilla was stranded when Kent grounded to short, and Bonilla himself stranded three runners in the third.

6.   Both teams continued to strand runners in scoring position in the middle innings.

7.   Abbott, who threw eight shutout innings, encountered less trouble than Garcia, who stranded runners at third in the first and second innings.

8.   After stranding seven runners in the first four innings, the Mets scored twice in the fifth on a bizarre sequence.

9.   After stranding runners in scoring position in the first and second innings, Harnisch was dominant.

10.   Boston stranded six runners in the first four innings, and it got worse in the late going.