41.   Chuck Knoblauch started trouble for Castillo with a leadoff single in the first.

42.   Craig Biggio pulled the Astros within three runs with an RBI single in the seventh.

43.   Cone required only nine pitches to get through the second and allowed a harmless single in the third, pumping fastballs to both fringes of the plate.

44.   Damon Buford had a career-high three hits, including a run-scoring single in the fifth.

45.   Craig Biggio provided all the offense the Astros needed with a bases-empty home run in the third and a run-scoring single in the fourth.

46.   Derek Jeter hit a triple and two singles in five at-bats.

47.   Derek Jeter was the first Yankee to reach base, with a one-out single in the fourth.

48.   Dennis Cook took over and retired four in a row before Kenny Lofton lined a one-out single in the seventh.

49.   Despite leadoff singles in the sixth and seventh, the Mets did not get anyone to second base again until they were rid of Astacio.

50.   Doug Mientkiewicz broke the string with a two-out single in the third.