51.   Ortiz found trouble in the third inning after a leadoff walk to Doug Mirabelli and an infield single by Jose Offerman.

52.   Reyes pitched five scoreless innings before a leadoff walk in the sixth and four straight hits buried him under three runs.

53.   Reynolds looked shaky again in the second, issuing a leadoff walk to Ron Coomer and a one-out single to Robert Machado.

54.   Right fielder Roberto Kelly drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second on a single by shortstop Royce Clayton.

55.   Ricky Ledee drew a leadoff walk off Ramon Martinez and Scott Brosius sacrificed before Knoblauch drove in the tying run with a double to left.

56.   Scott Brosius coaxed a leadoff walk and Jim Leyritz, pinch-hitting for Ricky Ledee, took a couple of close pitches and also walkde.

57.   Slocumb became the culprit and pointed to a leadoff walk to Frye in the ninth as the major blunder.

58.   Smoltz drew a leadoff walk that prompted Riggleman to give Clark the hook.

59.   Smith had issued a leadoff walk to Marquis Grissom to bring the tying run to the plate.

60.   The Astros threatened in the eighth inning when Richard Hidalgo drew a leadoff walk against Pirates reliever Brian Boehringer.