41.   The Astros threatened in the top of the ninth when Cedeno and Ken Caminiti singled and stole bases against Weathers.

42.   The first five batters had hits and three of them stole bases against backup catcher Todd Greene.

43.   The first two batters reached base against Rocker and rookie Carlos Pena hit a three-run homer.

44.   The Mets had a chance to do some major damage when they loaded the bases against Dempster with no outs in the second.

45.   The Mets loaded the bases against Hernandez in the eighth, but Rodriguez relieved and struck out Darryl Hamilton to end the inning.

46.   The Padres scored three runs on three hits, a walk and two stolen bases against Nen.

47.   The Navy Area Theater Ballistic Missile Defense system was designed to protect naval forces, ports and bases against medium-range air and missile threats.

48.   The next inning, the Brewers loaded the bases against C.J. Nitkowski, but their threat ended when former-Tiger Raul Casanova grounded out against Danny Patterson.

49.   The Phillies left six men on base against him, five in scoring position.

50.   The Twins, who were off Monday, had at least one runner in every inning until the seventh after failing to get anyone on base against Wells.