1.   Piazza hit a home run, starter Hideo Nomo was hit early and hard, and the Dodgers lost again.

2.   Piazza hit his monstrous home run on the third pitch.

3.   Piazza hit into a double play to end the inning.

4.   Piazza hit the ball off the end of the bat toward the right side, and Jason Giambi moved to his right to backhand the ball.

5.   Piazza has hit safely in each of the seven games he has played with the Mets.

6.   Piazza hit a high fly to the warning track in right field.

7.   Piazza hit a soft liner that was caught by second baseman Veras.

8.   Piazza was hitting behind Raul Mondesi and ahead of Eric Karros, and everybody knows the kind of baseball THEY have been playing this season.

9.   Piazza had hit a grand slam against Clemens a month earlier, the third straight game in which he had tagged the Yankees ace.

10.   Piazza hit a sharp grounder in the hole between shortstop and third base to start the second inning.