31.   On Wednesday, he hit a routine grounder to third base and came within a half-step of beating it out.

32.   Ozzie Guillen stood on second base with a leadoff double when, with one out, Ray Durham rolled a routine grounder to Seattle first baseman Ricky Jordan.

33.   Running out a routine grounder to second base meant a sprint to first base.

34.   Sandy Alomar hit a routine grounder to third baseman Dean Palmer, who threw wildly to first base, allowing the runner to reach second.

35.   Rusty Thoms hit a routine grounder to Glaus, who slipped and fell before he could throw to first.

36.   Seanez stuck with his blistering fastball to strike out Charles Johnson and retire Chuck Carr and Andre Dawson on routine grounders.

37.   Though Rapp had given up five consecutive singles to start the inning, the last four were routine grounders that found the hole between first and second.

38.   Tony Phillips led off the first with a routine grounder to Naehring, but the throw to first pulled Mo Vaughn off the bag.

39.   With one out in the eighth, Garciaparra muffed a routine grounder by Brian Hunter.

40.   With one out in the ninth inning and Sasaki attempting to keep the game tied, Lee hit a relatively routine grounder to third.