21.   So has Frank Halter, who was a workhorse in the Kansas sweep and struck out four in the last three innings Wednesday.

22.   So Wells stopped playing and watched the last two innings of the masterpiece on television and then wanted to be the first non-Yankee to congratulate his friend.

23.   That was as close as the Indians got, though, because Ramiro Mendoza kept them at bay over the last four innings.

24.   The game was over, but the last seven innings were played anyway, out of deference to Abner Doubleday.

25.   The Indians kept coming while the Rangers managed just two hits in the last five innings.

26.   The Mets completed their stunning upset of the Orioles behind the pitching of Jerry Koosman, who allowed just one hit in the last six innings.

27.   The Rangers had to play the last five innings without catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who left the game after five innings because of an illness in his family.

28.   The Yankees and Mariners engaged in a long game that turned ugly in the last two innings, with a bench clearing brawl.

29.   The Yankees scored one run in the last two innings, but there was a strange play in the eighth that all but finished them off.

30.   They put seven runners on base the last four innings but failed to get anybody home.