1.   And in a game where the right moment never arrived for Yankee relief stars Mariano Rivera and John Wetteland, Acre closed it out with a scoreless ninth.

2.   Antonio Osuna pitched a scoreless ninth, striking out two.

3.   Armando Benitez pitched a scoreless ninth.

4.   Bielecki pitched a scoreless ninth, but walked two of the five batters he faced.

5.   Bob MacDonald, another left-hander, pitched a scoreless ninth.

6.   Bobby Ayala worked a scoreless ninth for his eighth save.

7.   A scoreless ninth gave Leiter his second consecutive victory for the first time this year.

8.   After Jim Leyritz homered for the Yankees in the bottom of the inning, Rivera pitched a scoreless ninth and the Braves were finished.

9.   Casey Fossum worked two scoreless innings before giving way to Willie Banks, who marked his return to the Sox by pitching a scoreless ninth.

10.   Corey, a Thousand Oaks High and Pierce College product, pitched a scoreless ninth.