21.   Belinda threw a sequence of fastball, slider, sinker, fastball in, and sinking fastball, which Ripken hit for a slow grounder toward shortstop John Valentin.

22.   Beltre hit for Gil.

23.   Bernie Williams ran down everything in sight, and for good measure hit two triples and a sacrifice fly.

24.   Biggio also could have hit for Ricky Gutierrez in the seventh, with Bogar shifting to shortstop and Biggio remaining in the game at second base.

25.   Bill Haselman hits for Luis Alicea and singles to left.

26.   Bill Spiers, pinch hitting for Stan Javier, hit an RBI single, and Jeff Bagwell followed with a sacrifice fly to right field.

27.   Bizilo, the principal, would take off his jacket, loosen his tie and hit balls for the boys to field.

28.   Blowers said he had not hit for the cycle on any level, even Little League.

29.   Both of them can steal a base, throw, play defense, hit for average, power.

30.   Braves catcher Javier Lopez, pinch hitting for Mike Piazza, tied it in the top of the seventh with a home run off Royals pitcher Jose Rosado.