61.   With only rookie Dale Polley available in middle relief, Torre had to stick with Hutton, and the Australian produced.

62.   Chicago probably will use Osuna in middle relief.

63.   Chicago will use Osuna in middle relief.

64.   Croushore had been pitching in middle relief, and the Rockies want him to get a chance to start in the minors.

65.   He can also pitch middle relief.

66.   He combined with Mike Stanton, Jeff Nelson, Darren Holmes and Ramiro Mendoza to form perhaps the best middle relief corps in baseball.

67.   He will work middle relief for the Dodgers, who dealt former Orioles reliever Mike Fetters to Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

68.   Springer provides middle relief and some late-inning relief as well.