1.   And so pitchers are not required to throw strikes in order to get strikes.

2.   Bears get two strikes, so wildlife officers recently have had to kill several bears on their second strike.

3.   After I got two strikes on me, all that thinking about the cycle went down the drain.

4.   After the pitcher got strikes with his first two pitches, many in the crowd stood and clapped, whistled and cheered.

5.   Aguilera got two strikes on Tim Raines, only to see him hit a routine grounder to second.

6.   Brown got Ron Belliard to foul out to Karros at first, and appeared to get out of trouble when he got two quick strikes on Marquis Grissom.

7.   But in the fifth inning, he got two strikes on four hitters who then got base hits.

8.   By then, the fans were rising to their feet every time he got two strikes on a hitter.

9.   Every time I got two strikes they were on their feet.

10.   Frank Rodriguez got two strikes on him but Palmer battled his way back and, after fouling off two pitches, drew a walk to load the bases.