11.   Edgar Renteria doubled down the left-field line, and consecutive walks by Hampton loaded the bases.

12.   Even worse, Villone lost his control and issued consecutive walks to Albert Pujols and Edmonds to load the bases.

13.   Fordham issued consecutive walks to first baseman Will Clark and catcher Ivan Rodriguez and a one-out walk to shortstop Kevin Elster.

14.   Gonzalez crushed the first pitch seen from Royals right-hander Jeff Montgomery, who issued consecutive walks to Mark McLemore and Rusty Greer to begin the inning.

15.   He allowed a leadoff single to Phil Nevin and loaded the bases with consecutive walks to Ben Davis and Bubba Trammell.

16.   Hernandez struck out Sosa for the second out, but he issued three consecutive walks after that.

17.   Nagy tied a series record with three consecutive walks in the third inning.

18.   Percival then issued consecutive walks to Tim Naehring and Wil Cordero, making it a one-run game.

19.   Stottlemyre struck out Ken Caminiti but followed with consecutive walks to Carl Everett, Richard Hidalgo and Tony Eusebio, the last with the bases loaded.

20.   That allowed the Rangers to mount their comeback and they seemed ready to finish it off when three consecutive walks loaded the bases with one out in the eighth.