61.   Schoeneweis found trouble in the second inning by walking Charles Johnson and allowing a single to Rich Amaral.

62.   Schourek allowed back-to-back singles to Chipper Jones and Fred McGriff, putting runners at the corners.

63.   Reynolds came within seven outs of a no-hitter before allowing a single to right field by Luis Gonzalez in the seventh inning.

64.   Sele left the game in the sixth inning after allowing leadoff singles to Ventura and Magglio Ordonez.

65.   Smoltz allowed leadoff singles on the first pitch of the first and third innings and each time that runner came around to score on a sacrifice fly.

66.   Stanton, who came on in relief with Enrique Wilson on base, struck out Kenny Lofton before allowing a single to Vizquel.

67.   The lefthander immediately allowed a single by Bip Roberts that was cut off nicely by defensive replacement Milt Cuyler in left-center.

68.   The Pirates scored again when reliever Julian Tavarez allowed a single to Jermaine Allensworth.

69.   They got it when Frankie Rodriguez allowed an RBI single to Scott Fletcher in the sixth.

70.   Turk Wendell came on in the eighth and got one out, but he allowed two singles and Valentine called for John Franco.