1.   By any name it was still effective for Gooden last night, and he used it to throttle the top hitting team in the American League.

2.   For a team that was the best hitting team in the league during the season, the Mariners displayed little hitting in the series.

3.   Seattle has a predominantly right-handed hitting team, with Rickey Henderson, Mike Cameron, Alex Rodriguez and Edgar Martinez at the top of the lineup.

4.   The bullpen did a great job against a good hitting team.

5.   This is an aggressive hitting team, a lot of young guys who want to hit the ball.

6.   What Portugal submitted was a thoroughly professional pitching performance against a very good hitting team.

7.   Neagle, taming the top hitting team in the majors with a baffling variety of offspeed pitches, limited the Rockies to three singles through five innings.