21.   Green, wearing a brace on his right hand, was injured Friday trying to stretch a single into a double.

22.   He doubled in the seventh inning and was thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double in the first.

23.   Knoblauch fielded a carom in short left field and threw out Carlos Beltran as he tried to stretch a single in the fourth.

24.   The Royals avoided more trouble when Mark Quinn threw out Vinny Castilla trying to stretch a single into a double.

25.   Then Burrell finished the inning by throwing out Lopez at second trying to stretch a single into a double.