1.   After Trenidad Hubbard and Eric Young singled off Hitchcock with two outs in the seventh, the big out was recorded by Padres reliever Will Cunnane.

2.   Bret Boone then fanned on a splitter, the pitch Finley used repeatedly to record big outs.

3.   But, when he needed the big out, he found more escape hatches than Houdini.

4.   He got big outs when he needed them.

5.   He walked the first two batters of the third inning, but got two big outs when Mo Vaughn grounded into a double play.

6.   It was a big out in a close game.

7.   It showed through the first six innings as he held the Braves scoreless by getting big outs when he needed them.

8.   Lopez grounded into a double play, which gave the Mets one run, but gave the Cardinals two big outs.

9.   Mike Fyhrie replaced Holtz and got what seemed to be a big out when he struck out Gonzalez for the second out of the inning.

10.   Need a big out to stop severe sixth-inning bleeding?