1.   Eight defensive starters come back to furnish the needed experience.

2.   That said, the starters came right back and buried the reserves.

3.   The manager did make it clear that Abbott will eventually wind up in the bullpen once starter Freddy Garcia comes off the disabled list.

4.   The Rangers need Helling and Sele to pitch as well again because the other starters come with no guar-antees.

5.   The Santa Maria was one of those rare races in which every starter was coming off a victory.

6.   They signed Bob Tewksbury on Saturday to go with Kenny Rogers, Kevin Gross and Roger Pavlik but the fifth starter likely will come from within the organization.

7.   Van Raaphorst was about to be sent on the field Saturday at Cal when starter John Fox came off with an ankle injury.

8.   Cleveland starter Chad Ogea came off the disabled list to make his first start of the season.

9.   The starter is coming off the worst season of his three-year Yankees career.

10.   When the starters finally came out, Clemson had basically quit anyway.