21.   With two outs and two on against former Mariners reliever Mike Jackson, Buhner hit a towering drive to the deepest part of Jacobs Field.

22.   Yankees scouts will watch the former Boston reliever Tom Gordon throw in Arizona next week.

23.   A former reliever, Lopez ran into trouble in the sixth inning when Boston scored two runs on three hits and a walk.

24.   Former Toronto reliever Mark Eichhorn pitched a scoreless ninth inning in his first pro appearence in two years Tuesday night.

25.   He will work middle relief for the Dodgers, who dealt former Orioles reliever Mike Fetters to Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

26.   Scott Williamson, a former reliever converted to a starter season, learned that LaRue will challenge his staff.

27.   The former reliever had never lasted longer than seven innings in any outing.

28.   The White Sox did rally in the eighth off former White Sox reliever Chad Bradford, recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A Sacramento.