1.   He has become more like Stottlemyre this season by learning to set up his fastball with breaking pitches, and both have good fastballs.

2.   He has a fastball, a curve and a changeup and is working on a cutter, said Astros manager Larry Dierker.

3.   He really only had a fastball, and the Angels exposed this in the fourth.

4.   Martinez did not have his fastball, but he had his heart.

5.   Suppan has a fastball, of course, but he is not a fastball pitcher.