1.   Against his third batter in the eighth, Hoffman was first in the dirt against Brosius, then fat over the middle of the plate.

2.   But he got out of the inning when Jocko threw out the third batter, who had also walked and was attempting to steal second.

3.   Carlos Baerga was the third batter, and Wolcott threw him four consecutive balls.

4.   Checo struck out the third batter, Lou Collier, but Jermaine Allensworth then sent another ball onto the practice field.

5.   Gwynn became just the third left-handed batter to start against Johnson this season, after Atlanta pitcher Tom Glavine and Philadelphia first baseman Rico Brogna.

6.   He threw three innings, but the third batter he faced, Brian Daubach, hit a home run over the right field fence.

7.   His third batter, Carlos Beltran, slugged a two-run homer.

8.   His biggest pitch might have come to the third batter he faced.

9.   Jim Edmonds, the third batter in the game, had given the Cardinals a quick lead with a two-run home run.

10.   Stinnett was the third batter Wagner faced in the inning.