1.   Piazza had gone eight games without a home run, matching his longest drought of the season.

2.   Piazza went on a tear last August and September, and all but carried the club offensively as it made a run at the postseason.

3.   Piazza has never gone through a stretch with so many nagging injuries.

4.   Piazza went hitless in three at-bats against Clemens.