1.   But Lloyd might be out, and Torre said he would use Dale Polley and Dave Pavlas, two former replacement players, to retire left-handed hitters.

2.   But when he started to retire Cardinals hitters without it, his confidence soared.

3.   Over the past five years, Petkovsek and Mahomes have had more success retiring left-handed hitters than right-handed hitters.

4.   Rangers second baseman Mark McLemore retires hitter.

5.   The whole idea for left-handed relievers, the reason they are coveted so highly and paid so much, is to retire left-handed hitters.

6.   Watch him retire hitters on feeble fly balls or strikeouts.

7.   Montreal starter Masato Yoshii was knocked out before he could retire a hitter in the second.

8.   Reliever Ramiro Mendoza, coming off shoulder surgery, retired both hitters he faced in his spring debut.