31.   He escape both predicaments and carried a four-run lead into the third.

32.   He scored to give the Rangers a three-run lead, which proved vital.

33.   He knows how to proceed with an eight-run lead.

34.   He was the pitcher of record when Seattle carried a five-run lead into the bottom of the ninth inning, only to lose by one run.

35.   Hernandez induced two ground balls, and the Rangers escaped the jam with a three-run lead.

36.   Ibanez watched as Mariner reliever Bobby Ayala squandered a two-run lead in the seventh inning.

37.   In danger of squandering his four-run lead, Rogers came back to strike out Charles Gipson and Ichiro Suzuki to end the threat.

38.   In baseball, stealing a base with a seven-run lead is viewed as pouring it on.

39.   In most places, a four-run lead in the seventh inning is safe.

40.   It also erased the one-run lead the Mariners grabbed in the top of the inning on doubles by Joey Cora and Ken Griffey Jr.