21.   Halama threw expertly in the first two innings, his breaking ball sharp and his control uncanny as he fired first-pitch strikes to seven of eight batters.

22.   Gipson caught the ball cleanly, bounced off the wall and threw a strike to second baseman Desi Relaford.

23.   GM said in a terse statement that it was disappointed by the broadening of the strike to a second parts factory.

24.   He came back to throw three consecutive strikes to Martinez, fanning him to end the threat.

25.   He kept a close game close when he threw a perfect strike to Mike Piazza to nail Bret Boone at the plate.

26.   He restored some of his bruised pride by throwing a strike to Taubensee.

27.   He threw a first-pitch strike to Buhner, then a high fastball that soared out of the park in right-center.

28.   He threw two touchdown strikes to both Artie Ellis and Brandon Healy.

29.   He threw a first-pitch strike to Buhner.