41.   He threw a high fastball to Kevin Elster with two on in the seventh, and it cost the Giants the game.

42.   Hernandez threw a fastball high on his first pitch to the next batter, Adam Kennedy.

43.   Hernandez swung and missed a high fastball and catcher Tom Pagnozzi threw out Rodriguez at third.

44.   His only mistake had been throwing a high fastball to Raul Casanova in the fifth inning that Casanova blasted into the right-field stands.

45.   If they do, the Yankees probably will try to pitch around Rodriguez and challenge Martinez with fastballs high and inside.

46.   In successive at-bats, he slammed a high fastball for a home run, and then held his hands back and slapped a single through the middle.

47.   In the ninth inning, Sasaki struck out Vaughn on a high fastball, then got Salmon to pop out to McLemore.

48.   Instead, he waved Huskey to the plate, and when Tom Martin threw a high fastball, Huskey whacked it to left-center for his fourth homer.

49.   Irabu often pitched fastballs high in the strike zone Friday night, high and inside, probably an intentional effort to make the Minnesota hitters uncomfortable.

50.   It only postponed the inevitable, though, as Sanders finally swung through a high fastball to end the threat.