21.   After Halama walked Lou Merloni, Mirabelli advanced to third when Rickey Henderson flied to right, putting runners at the corners.

22.   Aguilera regrouped, and struck out Manny Ramirez before Paul Sorrento singled to put runners at first and second.

23.   But Atlanta proved its first-inning exhibition of actually putting runners on base was no fluke.

24.   But Mahomes was at the mercy of Astacio, who was teasing the Mets by putting runners on base and escaping jams.

25.   But Mahomes was facing Williams first, and he laced a single to center to put runners at first and second.

26.   But Mahomes has been wild this year, and his one-out walk to Chipper Jones put runners on first and second with one out in the fifth.

27.   But the damage continued when Jermaine Dye singled to put runners at the corners.

28.   But shortstop Cal Ripken glided across the bag and threw wide to first to put runners at the corners.

29.   Cora and Rodriguez rapped back-to-back singles to put runners on first and third with none out, setting up an ideal situation for the Mariners.

30.   Dave Hollins followed with a single to center to put runners on first and third, but Rivera zoomed back to strike out Tim Salmon for the second out.