11.   Rangers starters have also gone at least six innings in six of their past nine games, winning five.

12.   The Dodgers then would have to decide which starter would go to the bullpen.

13.   The police escort got him to the park just minutes before a new starter was going to be announced.

14.   Their starter goes out of the game, and they piece it with five relievers.

15.   They were incensed when three starters went down with injuries, from what they considered chop-blocks, which are illegal, when the teams played last season.

16.   Three starters went elsewhere.

17.   When a starter goes down, other teams tend to pick on his replacement.

18.   Williams said there are games when the starter is going to struggle, as Swift did last night.

19.   Devil Rays manager Hal McRae said before the game that Rekar has been bothered recently by stiffness but that he was hopeful that his starter could go five innings.

20.   Montreal starters had gone at least six innings in eight straight games.