41.   The game ended in a scoreless tie, but Bell advanced to the state semifinals because it had the edge in penetrations.

42.   The Mariners kept the Royals in a scoreless tie through two innings before Halama let a few pitches get away and paid dearly.

43.   The Oakland Athletics and the New York Yankees would have kept fighting over a scoreless tie in the third game of an American League playoff series last October.

44.   The night before, they finished with a scoreless tie.

45.   The Rugbys and YMCA played a scoreless tie on Christmas Day.

46.   The Red Wings broke the scoreless tie with Marty McInnis in the penalty box for slashing.

47.   The two were also involved in a scoreless tie in New Jersey two days before Christmas.

48.   The United States and Colombia played to a scoreless tie last month in Piscataway, N.J.

49.   Tino Martinez broke a scoreless tie in the fourth with a home run off Ramon Martinez.

50.   Twice the Yankees chopped the ball off the dirt in front of the plate to snap a scoreless tie in the sixth.