1.   A former New York Met ballplayer seeks to retire the men in blue.

2.   He retired a man in the ninth but allowed a hit and two walks to load the bases before Kerry Ligtenberg took over.

3.   Morton, who entertained the Micheners socially, described him as a shy and retiring man.

4.   Brown took a three-run lead into the seventh and looked in control when he retired leadoff man Scott Brosius on an easy grounder.

5.   He retired leadoff man Terrence Long on a fly ball, then crumpled to the ground in pain as he followed through on his fourth pitch to Velarde.