1.   Major league pitchers do not cry when they hit someone, though they may whimper a little bit if the batter comes after them with a bat.

2.   Seventeen batters came to the plate, and second baseman Mike Lansing came away with two home runs and five RBIs.

3.   The umpire kept signaling that the ball was in play, and the batter came all the way around for an inside-the-park homer.

4.   Thirty-five batters had come to the plate in the game and there had not been a hit.

5.   Twelve batters came to the plate in the big inning Wednesday.