1.   All Billick is doing, he explained, is trying to unearth favorable matchups.

2.   Campbell said that when Leetch returns, he may experiment with defense combinations to get more favorable matchups.

3.   Cox has often seemed helpless as Yankees counterpart Joe Torre has outmaneuvered him to get more favorable matchups.

4.   Could the Galaxy have asked for a much more favorable matchup?

5.   Faced with the favorable defensive matchups, it might be a useful strategy again on Sunday.

6.   He looks for a favorable matchup, or whomever has the hot shooting touch that night.

7.   Henry then walked Salmon intentionally for a more favorable matchup with the lefthanded Anderson.

8.   Oliver pitching against the Blue Jays remains a favorable matchup for the Rangers.

9.   The manager would attempt to orchestrate as many favorable situational matchups for those three relievers to preserve late-inning leads.

10.   The Sooners spread the ball better and took advantage of favorable matchups.