11.   Instead, he was knocked out of the fifth inning without retiring a batter.

12.   Leiter failed to retire a batter as the Braves scored five runs in the first inning.

13.   Perhaps Rangers right-hander Rick Helling, who is scheduled to start tonight, will retire a batter before surrendering a run.

14.   Reed moved at his swift and efficient pace Wednesday night, retiring batter after batter against the baffled Houston Astros.

15.   The American League would get nothing more against Maddux as he retired three batters each in the second and third innings.

16.   The job of a lefty reliever can be unpredictable and, if he does not retire left-handed batters consistently, it can end abruptly.

17.   The lefthander sealed his doom by failing to retire a batter in the fifth.

18.   The Yankees scored six runs before Chicago retired two batters in the first inning, and Hideki Irabu was overpowering.

19.   Timlin and left-hander Jesse Orosco, who failed to retire a batter, issued three walks during the eighth and ninth innings.

20.   Trever Miller retired one batter in relief, and C.J. Nitkowski shut out the Reds for three innings before Scanlan finished.