1.   Burkett pulled the rabbit out of his glove after falling behind in the count to Greene with three consecutive fastballs.

2.   Chen threw three consecutive fastballs on the outside corner, and Phillips never took the bat off his shoulder.

3.   Mays threw a changeup down and away, a great pitch, after five consecutive fastballs.

4.   Myers threw two consecutive fastballs, the second of which Ripken lined to left field for a game-tying single.

5.   Stottlemyre admitted that the curveball hung in the strike zone, but the change of speed after three consecutive fastballs devastated Jefferies.

6.   Stottlemyre responded with two quality fastballs down and away to work the count even, but a third consecutive fastball missed.

7.   Mike James relieved at the start of the seventh and hit Jose Canseco in the left side and Mike Stanley in the head with consecutive fastballs.