71.   He pitched eight innings and allowed just one run, a fifth-inning homer to former teammate Mike Blowers.

72.   He surrendered a monstrous two-run homer to Manny Ramirez, a ball center fielder Brady Anderson could not snare this time.

73.   He threw five scoreless innings before getting the ball up in the sixth, when he gave up consecutive homers to Craig Grebeck, Raul Mondesi and Carlos Delgado.

74.   He surrendered a two-run homer to Carlos Baerga in the first inning and then slammed the door shut.

75.   He was proud of his Western Massachusetts connection and once dedicated a rare Fenway homer to Rep. Silvio Conte.

76.   He walked two of the first three batters he faced, then surrendered a three-run homer to Olmedo Saenz.

77.   He set down the next nine Cardinals until Will Clark came up in the fourth and lined a homer to left.

78.   Helling surrendered a three-run homer to Vaughn in the first inning then retired the next nine hitters.

79.   He threw seven shutout innings, striking out six, before he made his only mistake, surrendering a leadoff homer to Tyler Houston in the eighth.

80.   He yielded a leadoff homer to pinch hitter Dave Doster, whose shot hit the left-field foul pole.