71.   Losing four starters, we were starting from scratch and he knew that.

72.   Losing starter Hideki Irabu went the distance and gave up eight hits.

73.   No team is worse off than the Suns, who have lost two starters -- Jason Kidd and Tom Gugliotta.

74.   New Orleans, which has lost eight starters to injury this season, held up as best it could.

75.   Not only did they lose four starters from the previous season, but they were hampered by injuries.

76.   The Czechs also have lost starters Stan Neckar, Tomas Vlasak, and Peter Elias.

77.   The Diamondbacks already have lost starters Todd Stottlemyre and Bobby Witt to injuries.

78.   The Indians lost starter Chuck Finley after two innings because of a strained right rib cage and right fielder Juan Gonzalez in the fifth with a strained left hamstring.

79.   The Orangemen lost three starters to graduation and a fourth transferred.

80.   The Tar Heels went all but four plays with freshman quarterback Ronald Curry after losing starter Oscar Davenport to a knee injury.