1.   Brosius hit the first of his two homers, a solo shot.

2.   But Bell answered by hitting the first of three first-half treys.

3.   But long after everything else about the game is forgotten, fans will speak of the night they saw Roger Clemens get his first hit in the big leagues.

4.   But the inning ended when Paul Konerko hit the first of his two double-play grounders.

5.   Fittingly, Iverson started the rout, hitting the first shot of the game on his first touch, an eight-foot runner in the lane.

6.   Garret Anderson hit his first.

7.   Hall hit the first of his one-and-one, but missed the second.

8.   He hit the first of two free-throw attempts, then missed the second to run out the clock.

9.   He looked up with bleary eyes and hit his first, but missed his second.

10.   He hit the first, cutting the Phoenix lead to two.