91.   In all, seven Pirates reached base and five scored before Rich Rodriguez came in and got three outs in a row.

92.   In between, Kevin McReynolds reached base on a single to left.

93.   In baseball, the undervalued on-base percentage should reward a player who reaches base by way of error.

94.   In between came singles by Nixon, a walk to Sanchez, and an infield hit by Johnny Damon, who reached base on his first four plate appearances.

95.   In seven of the nine innings he worked, Glavine allowed the first batter of the inning to reach base.

96.   In the opener, Young reached base in his first four plate appearances.

97.   In the second inning, Candy Maldonado reached base on a single but was picked off by pitcher C.J. Nitkowski.

98.   In the eighth, Edgar Martinez reached base with a two-out double and Rodriguez lofted a soft popup that Ripken settled under, then dropped.

99.   In the first inning, the first two batters -- Eckstein and Erstad -- reached base.

100.   In the first five innings, only one Yankee batter reached base, and that was Spencer on his home run.