1.   Gooch and Curtis made a solid start and the deficit was passed for the loss of just one wicket.

2.   Between coverage of that tragedy and a timely interview of President Clinton in the Oval Office, taped on Sunday, Gumbel got off to a solid start.

3.   After that solid start, starting quarterback Cody Pickett was forced to miss the UCLA game, then he played the last six games with a separated shoulder.

4.   Edgardo Alfonzo added a run-scoring single in the inning as the Mets came back and did not waste a solid start by Yoshii.

5.   He got that and a solid start from winner Terry Mulholland, who scattered nine hits and held the Yankees to one run over seven innings.

6.   Holt, who had his fourth solid start in a row, allowed a pair of home runs but was otherwise effective.

7.   His solid start in April turned into an unprecendented selection to the American League All-Star team.

8.   His solid start only makes his story more intriguing.

9.   In Northcutt, the Penn State debacle aside, it has a solid start.

10.   It was one solid start, one start that bought Cone some time to salvage a piece of his season.