51.   Nor do they steal bases or bunt with seven-run leads.

52.   On Tuesday night Hershiser was taken out with a three-run lead in the fifth and Cone came out in the fourth.

53.   Pettitte pitched into the seventh inning, relayed a two-run lead to Jeff Nelson, who struck out two of the three batters he faced.

54.   Schourek, making his first start, left with an eight-run lead after working five innings.

55.   Seanez got the last out of the seventh with a man on and worked a scoreless eighth to protect a three-run lead.

56.   Seattle grabbed a two-run lead against Orioles starter Scott Erickson in the first.

57.   Shaw wound up on the mound in the ninth inning, but he was preserving a five-run lead.

58.   Shawn Green sparked a sputtering offense with a two-run double in the sixth for the three-run lead.

59.   Some teams limit the innings of their starters by going to their bullpen with a three or four run lead in the sixth or seventh innings.

60.   Suddenly, a four-run lead was a four-run deficit.