1.   Brown knows fans will always be screaming for the quarterback off the bench should the starter not do well.

2.   But so did NL starter Greg Maddux, who worked out of a bases-loaded situation in the first inning.

3.   Dreifort was still able to give the Dodgers a solid outing, something the Dodgers starters did during the winning streak.

4.   If the recall starter is doing his job properly, it should have been restarted.

5.   It is a dreaded chore, charting pitches, one that starters do out of a sense of duty, not out of love for the job.

6.   Pitching their type of game and winning is what Braves starters have been doing for some time.

7.   Pitching was supposed to carry the Dodgers, and during this five-game winning streak the starters have done their jobs.

8.   Rangers starters have done little this year to merit comparison with the great staffs of the past.

9.   Your starter does the job for seven and then you turn it over to the bullpen.