41.   McLemore had his sunglasses down, but he seemed tentative, and the ball hit off the wall, about five feet up.

42.   Of course, the Rockies tied the game in the bottom of the inning with four consecutive hits off Darren Dreifort.

43.   Normally, when a band scores a couple of hits off a debut album, the next step is to rush into the studio and record a follow-up.

44.   On Thursday night, in the first game of the Mets-Padres series, Gwynn got two hits off Bret Saberhagen in his first two at-bats.

45.   Of course, the Rockies tied the game in the bottom of the inning with four consecutive hits off Dreifort.

46.   Of the five hits off Moyer, two were of the infield variety and none was crunched very hard.

47.   Paniagua said he has been giving up too many hits off his slider, but pledged to change.

48.   Pirates shortstop Pat Meares had two hits off Maddux in the first three innings and drove in the first run for the Pirates in the third inning.

49.   Ramon Hernandez got the first hit off Abbott in the third inning, a two-run homer.

50.   Prince opened the inning with a single, the eighth hit off Perez.