1.   Although his ERA was high before the scoreless streak, Crabtree has had only two bad outings this year.

2.   And Davis had the bad outing Tuesday night.

3.   Before shutting down Rice, Simmons had suffered through three bad outings in his previous four starts.

4.   Benes, returning to work three days after being tattooed in Texas, atoned for that bad outing with a solid one Wednesday.

5.   A bad outing was probably inevitable, but once the game became a joke, it became a whole lot more inevitable.

6.   After a bad outing by the rookie right-hander Mike Koplove in September, Schilling suggested he keep a notebook on opposing hitters.

7.   Albies said it was a difficult decision bringing Gomez in because he said he worried a bad outing would ruin the youngster.

8.   Closers have to be able to forget bad outings.

9.   Good bullpen work can be followed by a bad outing and vice versa, but the feeling was that Nomo would be all right.