1.   Fernandez appears to be ready to be activated after a strong rehabilitation outing for Triple-A Las Vegas, throwing five shutout innings Friday night against Oklahoma City.

2.   He pitched six shutouts innings and won for the second time in as many starts.

3.   Hershiser and Belcher traded shutout innings for the first four innings.

4.   The right-hander pitched six shutout innings last Thursday in his Norfolk debut and is scheduled to make his next start Wednesday in Indianapolis.

5.   This is so even though Adams followed up his three shutout innings with a three-run struggle in the fourth.

6.   Victor Zambrano threw three more shutout innings.

7.   Starters Chad Durbin and Jamie Moyer dueled for eight shutout innings, each allowing only four hits.