31.   In the first, he struck out lead-off hitter Devon White on an off-speed breaking pitch, and caught Matt Williams looking on another breaking ball.

32.   Jackson saw infielders with slow feet, batters who could not handle breaking pitches, pitchers who could not establish rhythms and names he had never heard.

33.   Just not yet while Wagner is on top, moving his pitches to both sides of the plate and using his breaking pitches to set up the fastball.

34.   More than anything else, Stan Williams believes, the problem with the Mariners bullpen has been a reluctance to throw breaking pitches.

35.   More pitchers are throwing more breaking pitches and more changeups in counts that previously dictated batting-practice fastballs.

36.   Moyer, who has thrown seven shutout innings in two of his past four starts, mixed changeups, fastballs and breaking pitches with great dexterity.

37.   Neagle has thrown his changeup effectively there by altering his release point, and he does not need a sweeping breaking pitch to be successful.

38.   Now the only breaking pitch he has to go along with his fastball is a slider.

39.   Oliver lost command of a breaking pitch that hit Bonds in the shoulder and loaded the bases.

40.   Pettitte has combated left-handers with a sharp breaking pitch this year, but he did not have this on Tuesday night.