1.   And in his first start, Payton threw a runner out at the plate.

2.   As a catcher, Rodriguez is the most complete player at his position with his bat and ability to throw out runners.

3.   Baseball people who have watched them both say Rodriguez is better at throwing out runners and getting to balls hit in front of the plate.

4.   But a few innings later he made a remarkable back-hand stab of a ground ball in the hole, and threw the runner out.

5.   But both runners were thrown out trying to steal second, Dykstra by Ivan Rodriguez, Baerga by Mike Piazza.

6.   Defensively, Jeter has made some dazzling plays in throwing out runners from the hole between shortstop and third base.

7.   Five of the steals came against Jones, whose slow delivery gave Hundley, the Mets catcher, little chance of throwing the runners out.

8.   For the game, they had four runners thrown out on the base paths, two at home.

9.   He had booted a ball, though he was able to recover and throw the runner out.

10.   He played an excellent right field, throwing runners out with the accuracy of his touchdown tosses.