11.   Short relievers rarely have the luxury of setting up a hitter and nibbling at the strike zone.

12.   Some relievers do not have the repertory to start.

13.   So the relievers have had to get the job done.

14.   The Colorado Rockies have returned right-handed pitcher David Cortes, claiming the reliever had an injured shoulder when Atlanta shipped him in the Greg Colbrunn trade.

15.   The reliever has a stiff neck and may have to begin the season on the disabled list . . . New Blue Jay Mondesi hit two home runs to left field.

16.   The reliever had two strikeouts in the ninth and notched his first save.

17.   The relievers already have some making-up to do.

18.   The reliever has reason to feel good all-round.

19.   The reliever was having surgery to remove a cyst in the shoulder.

20.   Twins reliever Hector Carrasco had two wild pitches in a three-pitch span in the sixth.