1.   A couple of key hits from Gonzalez might have allowed the Rangers to break the game open in the middle innings.

2.   But he seemed to get loose in the middle innings, his control improving and he pinned the Red Sox to their four runs.

3.   It was an ordinary run, scored in the middle innings in a game that would need at least one more to have a winner.

4.   Wakefield shut out the Orioles on one hit for the middle seven innings.

5.   In the middle innings, Yankees pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre told Clemens to go back to the team hotel.

6.   Sorgi pitched the middle four innings, striking out five.