11.   But pitching is the link between those two.

12.   But pitching it right was tricky.

13.   But pitching is what the Rangers needed most, and pitching, as Narron points out, will likely determine their fate.

14.   But their pitching is better.

15.   Compared to the rest of his day, pitching was a relief.

16.   Conventional wisdom held that their pitching was simply too good.

17.   Connie Mack once said pitching was fill-in-the-blank percent of baseball.

18.   For all the talk about the increased offense throughout baseball over the past few years, pitching is still the key ingredient to a winning ballclub.

19.   He may not be dazzling them in St. Louis, but with luck he might be pitching in another October for manager Tony La Russa.

20.   He knows that pitching inside is part of the game.