1.   But they ran out of the heroics that saved them earlier in the day and ended the night with only a one-game cushion in the division.

2.   Especially when you watched Antoine Walker end his night by missing a shot, kicking a table, then walking off the Reunion Arena court with his head bowed.

3.   It is time for Boston College to end amateur night and get all the bums off campus, bookies and players alike.

4.   Jones ended his night with a bit of revenge when he struck out McGriff with a runner on base to end the eighth.

5.   Junk cars spray-painted to look junkier sputtered into a holding area, preparing for the demolition derby that would end the night.

6.   Raines scored all the way from first as Curtis ended a night in which he had also homered by delivering the winning hit against Chicago reliever Matt Karchner.

7.   Schoeneweis ended his night by retiring the last six hitters he faced, ending with Darrin Fletcher, who lead off the seventh.

8.   Rice went down hard on his bad knee and came away with a bruise that was serious enough to end his night.

9.   Six months ago, Stephen C. would end his nights by lifting himself off a barstool at closing time.

10.   The prosecution maintains that Burmeister, Wright and Meadows, heavily intoxicated on beer, ended a night of carousing by seeking out people to assault.