21.   In the past three weeks, the defensive line starters have had nine sacks, six pass deflections, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.

22.   It was a busy morning at both Pimlico and Churchill Downs Tuesday as five Preakness starters had their final workouts.

23.   Jose Offerman and Nomar Garciaparra were the others, as every starter had at least one hit.

24.   Not since the first three games of the season have starters had three wins in a row.

25.   Our starters have to get us off to a good start, and us bench guys have to come in with that spark that we need.

26.   Padres starter Sterling Hitchcock had nine strikeouts Saturday, but only three were called.

27.   Replacing rookie Wilton Guerrero with Young and second-year player Roger Cedeno with Nixon means no Dodgers starter has less than four years major-league service.

28.   That changed for one night, as each Yankee starter had at least one hit.

29.   That further means that throughout this post-season, no Yankee starter has a victory.

30.   The Boston starters have had a good start to the season.