11.   And reliever Mike Jackson left the game after pitching to three batters in the eighth inning.

12.   And when a playoff game is tied in the eighth inning, there is no time for such eccentricity.

13.   Angels reliever Ben Weber, who pitched a perfect eighth inning, got the win.

14.   Angels reliever Ben Weber, who pitched a perfect eighth inning, got the victory.

15.   Another important sign for the Dodgers came in the bottom of the eighth inning, when situational left-hander Jesse Orosco pitched.

16.   Anyone who witnessed the Saturday night fiasco in the Kingdome, when the Mariners blew a six-run lead in the eighth inning, agrees.

17.   Antonio Osuna pitched a scoreless eighth inning, the highlighted of which was a low fastball that Ellis Burks hit into a double play.

18.   Anderson, though, entered the game in the eighth inning as a pinch runner and stayed in the game....

19.   Arthur Rhodes picked up where Nelson left off, striking out the first two batters of the eighth inning, increasing the strikeout streak to seven in a row.

20.   Armando Benitez does not pitch the eighth inning anymore, and instead of Benitez, Dennis Cook was pitching.