11.   The story goes that Pickering was given a tryout with Houston and he collected seven bloop hits on his first seven at-bats.

12.   The winning run came on a bloop hit to left by Alex Cora in the eighth inning.

13.   He was hurt by five walks, two errors and two bloop hits among the five he surrendered.

14.   Mark Grace started the rally with a single, Tony Womack tied the game with a double, and Luis Gonzalez won it with a bloop hit.