11. In the fourth inning, he sprinted into the gap in left center to make a sliding, sprawling catch of a sinking liner. 12. J.T. Snow drove a sinking liner to center, where Jay Payton raced in and caught it on a sprint. 13. Leading off the Seattle sixth, Joey Cora hit a sinking liner to center field. 14. Martinez led off with a sinking liner to right field. 15. McLemore lashed out at the first pitch and whipped a sinking liner to left field. 16. Matt Williams ripped a sinking liner that Spencer snared with a hard-charging dive. 17. The Rangers had taken the lead in the first, when the dive of Tim Raines in left could not reach a sinking liner by Gonzalez as Rodriguez scored. 18. They got on the board to open the game when Butler and left fielder Rodriguez converged on the sinking liner of Bip Roberts ... and blinked. 19. Three of the catches were outstanding plays, including a diving catch in shallow left-center on a sinking liner by Adam Kennedy to end the game. 20. Valentine has pinch-hit for the struggling Hamilton in that situation but let him bat and he delivered a sinking liner to center. |