51.   And, as the Dodgers went on to bat around, they scored more runs in an inning than they had scored in any of their previous seven games.

52.   Any remaining doubt about the outcome was erased when Rice scored eight runs in the seventh.

53.   Andy Pettitte will try to erase this game from his memory, having allowed six runs in two-plus innings in the most notable failure of his career.

54.   Ariel Prieto pitched well for four innings, giving up a run in the second and third, but faltered in the fifth, walking in a run.

55.   Arizona made a strong run in the second half of the season while quarterback Jake Plummer began to look like the player he was several years ago.

56.   Arizona starter Omar Daal was lifted after giving up six hits and three runs in four innings and the move paid an immediate dividend.

57.   Another fundamental mistake might have cost the Mariners a run in the third inning and an early lead.

58.   Arizona scored an unearned run in the eighth.

59.   Arizona then took control with six runs in the third, hitting three home runs off right-hander Wade Miller, who was making his major-league debut.

60.   As a group, the Bulls were lifeless and uninspired until a futile run in the fourth quarter.