41.   Mariners reliever Jeff Nelson, whose strikeout of Mike Young in the bottom of the ninth paved the way for extra innings, remembered that first homer, too.

42.   Mark McGwire took his last look at the site of his first career homer when the St. Louis Cardinals visited Detroit.

43.   Martinez tied the score with his first homer in the third, and the Mariners blew it open with seven runs in the fourth inning.

44.   Miller gave way to Cassidy to start the seventh and Merloni tied it again by clocking his first homer of the season, a shot to left.

45.   Next came a clip of Mickey Mantle, his body corked in a follow-through as he watched his first All-Star homer fly into the record books.

46.   Pagliarulo, with his family watching in the stands, celebrated Thursday night by hitting a Roger Clemens pitch into the bullpen for his first homer of the season.

47.   Richard Hidalgo followed with another home run, giving the Astros their first back-to-back homers of the season.

48.   Shortstop Rafael Bournigal took a lot of ribbing before he finally hit his first major-league homer earlier this season in Seattle.

49.   Stanley, meanwhile, hit a two-run home run in the ninth for his first homer in nearly a month.

50.   Switch hitter Mark Whiten hit the first Red Sox homer of the spring, a lefthanded, second-inning three-run shot off Carl Willis.