11.   After issuing a walk to the first batter he faced, Hampton retired nine straight batters.

12.   After Moreno retired all four batters he faced, Brantley entered and retired the first batter he faced in the eighth inning.

13.   After Raines stole second, Wade Boggs, the first batter Myers faced, hit a ground ball back to the mound.

14.   All five Minnesota runs off Hitchcock scored when the first batter reached base.

15.   Brown retired the first batter of the sixth and then allowed three straight singles.

16.   But five pitches into his first batter, he gave in and was taken out.

17.   But he walked the first batter he faced, Veras, a portent of bad things.

18.   But Mohler started the third by walking the first batter he faced.

19.   But then came the Rockies, who pounded Myette after he retired the first batter in the seventh inning.

20.   But we did a terrible job against the first batter faced.