1.   Astacio induced Robin Ventura to ground into a force play, threw a third strike past Jorge Posada and retired Rondell White on a grounder to Jeter.

2.   But after pumping a strike past Ramirez, Pettitte was so focused on Ramirez that he lost focus on Vizquel.

3.   DeLucia ended the inning by throwing a called-third strike past Thomas.

4.   He threw a third strike past him, and the threat, that quickly, was ended.

5.   He threw a third strike past Jim Thome in the fourth and retired Baerga on a line drive to right in the fifth.

6.   He threw two quick strikes past Varitek, then induced the catcher to meekly pop out to first.

7.   He threw a third strike past John Olerud, retired Mike Piazza on a fly ball to left and struck out Edgardo Alfonzo.

8.   In came Paul Byrd, who fired two quick strikes past Todd Zeile, who then bounced the ball to the left side of the infield.

9.   In the second game, Lloyd threw a third strike past McGriff for the second out in the seventh inning.

10.   Mesa refocused following a visit to the mound by Indians pitching coach Mark Wiley and buzzed a called third strike past Mark Lemke.