31.   His inability to generate power, his penchant for hitting soft singles instead, has kept him from being a productive hitter.

32.   Hit singles.

33.   Hitting a single, double, triple and home run in the same game happens less frequently than no-hitters but never has received its proper due from baseball followers.

34.   Hernandez struggled to command his breaking ball in the first inning, and Offerman and John Valentin hit back-to-back singles.

35.   Hitting singles, he said, is rarely a thrill, but singles add up in politics.

36.   In the sixth inning, after Piazza led off with a solo home run to right field, Karros and Mondesi hit successive singles to right.

37.   Instead it was foul, and Zeile wound up hitting a single.

38.   Jeff Bagwell and Caminiti hit consecutive singles to lead off the inning, and Alou followed with an RBI single to left field.

39.   Jeter had also scored in the first and third innings after hitting singles.

40.   Later, after hitting a single, Rodriguez left the game because it hurt even to breathe.