1.   They loudly saluted the six acrobatic stops the Iranian goalkeeper, Tabatabei, made but also cheered appreciatively for the shot that got away.

2.   Alomar robbed Easley with an acrobatic backhanded stop in the eighth.

3.   Hampton also benefitted from solid defense, particularly from third baseman Jeff Cirillo, who made several acrobatic stops and threw out Kent from his knees in the fifth.

4.   He preserved the shutout with several acrobatic stops.