41.   In the fifth, he faced four batters and retired none, then watched as the Marlins took the lead on a double steal that really was not.

42.   In the first, he faced seven batters and allowed two runs before escaping the inning.

43.   It made no difference to Astacio, who walked two and faced two batters over the minimum.

44.   Ishii faced major-league batters during all-star competitions in Japan, but he remembers nothing in particular.

45.   Johnson had faced five batters before Snow came to the plate in the bottom of the second.

46.   Just hours after apologizing in a news conference for inflammatory and often vulgar comments aimed at minority groups, Rocker faced three batters and retired them all.

47.   Lefty reliever Rheal Cormier came on and blanked the Yankees in the seventh and eighth, then was removed after facing one batter in the ninth.

48.   Mike Jackson faced one batter and served up a two-run double to Nomar Garciaparra.

49.   Munoz faced four batters yesterday and three reached, on two singles and a walk.

50.   Next up was Bobby Witt, who faced three batters and gave up three hits before finally getting the last out.