1.   He hit a double in the eighth inning.

2.   The manager decided to change pitchers in the eighth inning.

3.   Although a four-run deficit may not have been erased, it became a six-run gap in the eighth inning during another defensive collapse.

4.   And Benji Gil, starting for the first time in five games, hit a grand slam in the eighth inning to break the game open.

5.   An opening came in the eighth inning, when Cedeno and pinch-hitter Mike Busch drew two-out walks.

6.   An unidentified spectator rushed the playing surface wearing only an unbuttoned Dodgers uniform in the top of the eighth inning Tuesday.

7.   And just to embellish the trend, Billy Ashley came off the bench in the eighth inning to connect on a pinch-hit home run off Joe Crawford.

8.   And the chance further dissipated when the leadoff batter in the eighth inning, Bagwell, struck out swinging.

9.   And Mike Piazza provided the finishing touch, launching a three-run blast to left in the eighth inning off former Burroughs High and UCLA left-hander Mike Magnante.

10.   And the five-run eighth inning against Detroit.