11.   Her friends say the police officers hit her first.

12.   Lou Gehrig hit his first against the Red Sox.

13.   One inning later, Nixon hit the first of his two home runs, and Carl Everett hit a three-run shot.

14.   One inning later, Astros third baseman Chris Truby hit the first of his two home runs.

15.   Strawberry hit the first of his two home runs in the third.

16.   The Yankees manufactured a run off Colon in the first inning, but Jim Thome hit the first of his two home runs to right field in the second.

17.   Three story lines converged Tuesday as Estes pitched superbly for his first win, J.T. Snow hit his first homer and Jeff Kent hit his first since Opening Day.

18.   Within hours of the approval, allied fighter-bombers hit the first of several telephone networks on the target list, a senior Pentagon official said.

19.   Adrian Brown hit his first of the year later in the fourth.

20.   Despite the triangle, the first bus slammed into the truck and then the second bus hit the first, the radio said.