21.   He tried to get a cut fastball on the outside part of the plate.

22.   He worked the count full, then fouled off four pitches as Leiter kept coming in with his signature cut fastball.

23.   He threw a lot of cut fastballs and changeups.

24.   If the Yankees have a lead late in a game, it is time for Rivera to uncork his nasty cut fastball and end it.

25.   In the ninth, he retired J.D. Drew on groundout off a cut fastball.

26.   Instead of a cut fastball, which sails away from right-handed hitters, Rivera threw a sinker that dove down and inside and past Posada.

27.   Irabu began throwing a cut fastball about three weeks ago and refined his mechanics, working to keep his weight back longer in the middle of his delivery.

28.   Later, Surhoff said that Pettitte was tough against right-handers because of his cut fastball and slider.

29.   Leiter retired the side in the bottom of the second, breaking bats with his hard cut fastball.

30.   Maddux then came inside with his cut fastball that froze him as umpire Bill Hohn called the third strike.