1.   Arizona countered with two in the third on a leadoff homer by Tony Batista and a single by Luis Gonzalez that scored Daal, who had singled.

2.   Bichette made the first dent with a leadoff homer into the screen, his second homer in as many games.

3.   Bonilla batted fourth and hit a leadoff homer in the eight-run sixth inning.

4.   Blowers snapped the tie with a leadoff homer in the eighth inning, an opposite-field fly ball that snuck into the first row of seats.

5.   After Elarton allowed the leadoff homer to Pujols in the eighth, he threw one pitch to J.D. Drew and removed himself from the game.

6.   Brady Anderson and Harold Baines hit leadoff homers in the first two innings for Baltimore, then Meche shut the door.

7.   Butch Huskey gave Isringhausen what turned out to be the only run he would need with a leadoff homer to the opposite field in right in the third.

8.   Castillo gave a run back in the Toronto third when Vernon Wells got a pitch at the letters and let it fly for a leadoff homer to left.

9.   Catcher Javy Lopez blasted a leadoff homer into the center-field seats to pull the visitors to within a run.

10.   Cooper might have been rattled a bit after allowing the leadoff homer to Singleton, walking the next hitter.