11.   Greg Hansell and Omar Daal combined on a scoreless eighth before giving the ball to Worrell, who completed the five-hitter.

12.   Hernandez, making his major-league debut, combined on a two-hit shutout over Pittsburgh to move the Astros into first place.

13.   In Baltimore, Mike Mussina and two relievers combined on a two-hitter to send the Orioles to the ALCS for the second straight year.

14.   In the opening game, Kazuki Sumiyama and Kazutoshi Adachi combined on a two-hitter for Japan against Canada.

15.   Instead of designing from scratch, pre-designed modules will be combined into one superchip, just as numerous chips are now combined on a circuit board.

16.   John and I are combined on Sunday.

17.   McKinley converted a header off a precise pass from John Harkes, similar to the goal they combined on last week against the MetroStars.

18.   Mike Mussina and two relievers combined on a two-hitter to send the Orioles to the ALCS for the second straight year.

19.   Matsushita is also working on CMOS imagers that would be combined on a chip with image-compression circuitry, said Akira Matsuzawa, a researcher on the project.

20.   Naveda and Moore continued to combine well on offense, and the addition of Imad Baba in midfield seems to be improving the Revolution.