31.   Once the Braves got three straight walks, opening the seventh, a ground-out and a squeeze bunt by Belliard gave them their decisive runs.

32.   Rickey Henderson drew a walk, and another well-placed bunt by Mike Cameron sacrificed the runners over.

33.   Somewhere in the middle of it all, a little bunt by Mark McLemore might have been as important as anything else that took place.

34.   St. Louis put the first two men on in the ninth, on a bunt by Kerry Robinson and a walk to Renteria.

35.   Steve Finley led off with a single, went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Veras and third on a passed ball.

36.   Tavarez moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Nomar Garciaparra, who was back in the lineup after a one-game absence because of a bruised ankle.

37.   The Angels used a sacrifice bunt by Molina and a squeeze bunt by David Eckstein to push across one run.

38.   The closest thing to a hit Martinez gave up was a bunt by Juan Samuel in the fifth.

39.   The inning started innocently enough when Alex Ochoa drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Edgardo Alfonzo.

40.   The Mets scored their first run when the Yankees froze on a third-inning bunt by Estes with Ordonez on second base after an inning-opening double.