1.   As a consolation prize, Hal McRae, who would pinch hit for him, let Fidrych stand in the on-deck circle until his turn came.

2.   Beaten by a player inserted to pinch hit against a left-hander earlier in the game.

3.   Brian Jordan was on deck to pinch hit behind him.

4.   But he said Sunday that he had agreed to stay on as an unpaid special adviser to the mayor, available to pinch hit when necessary.

5.   But when Johnson sent up Davis to pinch hit for Harold Baines against left-hander Paul Assenmacher, the reward was inconceivably rich.

6.   Dierker summoned lefthanded-hitting Jack Howell to pinch hit for relief pitcher Trever Miller, prompting Giants manager Dusty Baker to call lefty Alan Embree from the bullpen.

7.   Do you pinch hit for your starting pitcher in the seventh inning of a tied game when he is throwing well?

8.   Donnels, who pinch hit for Luis Alicea, then took the field at second base.

9.   For now, Bonilla will pinch hit and occasionally play third in place of rookie Adrian Beltre.

10.   Hansen was available to pinch hit, but he was experiencing similar symptoms to Cora.