11.   In each case, the Yanks found themselves down by two runs and down to their last out in the bottom of the ninth inning.

12.   Jeff Ontiveros, as promised, gave the game ball after the last out to winning pitcher Justin Simmons.

13.   Like Wohlers, Blass recorded the last outs of a World Series.

14.   Now, they might be the first in and the last out.

15.   Ripken assisted on the last out, fielding a grounder by Orlando Palmeiro and throwing him out at first.

16.   Still, those last few outs are a burden, so heavy that Rivera chuckled when asked how many pitchers have told him they could not do his job.

17.   The fans correctly anticipated the last out, but then a funny thing happened.

18.   They were down to their last out before Scott Hatteberg broke up the shutout with a home run off reliever Rich DeLucia, his second of the season.

19.   We were in that game until the last out.

20.   Wohlers retired the first Louisville batter on a fly ball, but that was the last out he recorded.