1.   And before anyone takes issue with the eight called strikeouts between two of the freer-swinging teams in the game, the ump has a word.

2.   Billy Ashley then took a called strikeout to end the game.

3.   But before the mess started, Brown had retired six consecutive batters, including a called strikeout of Bernie Williams and a whiff of Tino Martinez.

4.   But Worrell worked out of trouble and stranded Eusebio at third, ending the game with a called strikeout of Biggio.

5.   He took a called strikeout on four pitches.

6.   Not by coincidence, there were three called strikeouts in the first three innings.

7.   Saturday he took a called strikeout on three pitches to leave the bases loaded in the eighth.

8.   The seven called strikeouts bothered Manuel.