1.   Clemens now had separation, and he recovered his control in the seventh, retiring the Red Sox in order, racking up his seventh strikeout.

2.   No problem, as Cone fanned Johnson for his seventh strikeout of the game.

3.   The runners advanced on a ground-out, but Appier ended the situation with his seventh strikeout, Sprague flailing futilely.

4.   Hershiser responded by making Jones his seventh strikeout victim of the game to end the threat.