21.   Biggio drove in the run with a grounder to shortstop as Ausmus once again beat the play at the plate.

22.   Bill Spiers walked to load the bases, and Moises Alou got the Astros within a run with a sacrifice fly.

23.   Berkman drove in a run with a groundout, and Jeff Bagwell followed with an RBI single.

24.   Berry provided two runs with a sacrifice fly in the second inning and an RBI single in the fourth.

25.   Boone drove in four runs with three hits, dousing fears that his heel injury was somehow going to impede his offense.

26.   Bleasdale has taken a short scene from late in the book and run with it, inventing details and dialogue and turning bit players into fully realized characters.

27.   Brad Ausmus drove in another run with a single through the left side.

28.   A fly ball moved Jackson to third and after Jeff Abbott walked, Brook Fordyce gave the White Sox their first run with an infield out.

29.   A hobbling Mark McGwire came to the plate representing the winning run with one out in the ninth.

30.   A lineup trying to manufacture one run at a time with its speed will be trying to outscore a lineup that can mass-produce runs with its power.