11.   After managing just two hits through four innings, the Braves had runners at second and third with two outs in the fifth.

12.   Against junk-throwing lefty Carlos Perez, the Mariners had runners on base in every inning.

13.   After that, the Mets had runners in scoring position in four innings but could not score.

14.   Again the Mets had runners at first and second with no one out.

15.   All the trouble started in the seventh inning when Minnesota had a runner at first with one out.

16.   Boone never had a chance at the ball, and the Indians had runners at the corners.

17.   Boston had five runners on base in the final two innings but failed to score, leaving the bases loaded in the eighth.

18.   Both catches saved a run because the Angels had a runner on second base each time.

19.   Both times, they had runners on first and second with one out, and both times they came up empty.

20.   But for five innings, Cone had stymied them, allowing only three hits and having one runner erased on a double play and another on an attempted steal.