1.   Butler lay face-down in the outfield grass for several minutes Thursday night after wrenching his neck and right shoulder on a futile dive for a batted ball.

2.   The North Korean goalie Kye Yong Sun should have stopped the shot, but she could only manage a futile dive.

3.   He was hurt of a futile dive back to first when he was picked off, and was listed as day-to-day.

4.   With each futile dive through the near-freezing water, Bullimore lost strength.