11.   Officials claimed chemicals being used will be harmless to the thousands of athletes and spectators turning out daily after the games open Sunday.

12.   Seattle broke open the game with a six-run eighth, getting seven hits.

13.   The queen presided over a brief ceremony on Commonwealth Day, six months before the games open for the first time in Asia.

14.   Cleveland broke open the game with three runs in the eighth inning, which began when Tony Pena doubled.