21.   Piazza and his teammates deserved the applause, considering that the Mets had just erupted for six runs to erase a four-run deficit.

22.   Smith inherited a one-run deficit when he came on to work the ninth.

23.   Suddenly, a four-run lead was a four-run deficit.

24.   Sure enough, the Braves were in position, having risen from a three-run deficit to tie.

25.   The difference between a two-run deficit and that of four runs would be overwhelming with Dreifort pitching as he did.

26.   The incident came just after the Dodgers had completed a rally from a three-run deficit.

27.   The Mets, who fought back from a pair of two-run deficits, could have ended things much earlier if not for some base-running mistakes.

28.   The Mariners, who fell five games behind American League West-leading Texas, overcame a four-run deficit by scoring five runs in the fifth inning.

29.   The Mets were staring at a seven-run deficit.

30.   The score-a-thon continued in the bottom of the sixth when Seattle cut the four-run deficit in half.