41.   Justice fired a perfect strike to the cutoff man, Derek Jeter, who fired a strike to Posada, who tagged out Perez.

42.   Laurence Fader, a spokesman for the orchestra members, said that the situation had escalated from a strike to a lockout.

43.   Left fielder B.J. Surhoff ran the ball down and threw a strike to Alomar covering second base to easily nail Ducey.

44.   McRae made a pretty good move toward home on the first pitch, a called strike to cleanup batter Butch Huskey.

45.   Nunez walked Myers to load the bases but got Chris Gomez on a swinging third strike to get out of trouble.

46.   Olson fired three straight strikes to Bobby Abreu moments after he replaced Todd Stottlemyre one batter into the ninth inning.

47.   On fourth down, he fired a perfect strike to Tariq McDonald, a boyhood pal, appearing to save the night.

48.   Outfielder Raul Mondesi charged and threw a one-hop strike to the plate as Kent tagged up and dashed home.

49.   Relaford got to the ball quickly in left field and threw a strike to the plate.

50.   Seconds later, Alvarez connected upfield with Oscar Pareja, whose over-the-top strike to Rodriguez found its mark.