1.   An early exchange over an errant Millwood pitch up and in to Lima gave the game an undercurrent that added to a meeting between division leaders.

2.   Except that Joey Cora, trying to score on an errant pitch, was called out by plate umpire Jim McKean.

3.   He smothered nearly every errant pitch.

4.   Ripken realizes one errant pitch, a twisted ankle or even the flu bug could end the streak at any time during the next two weeks.

5.   The Expos loaded the bases with two out in the seventh when Julian Tavarez struck Vladimir Guerrero in the arm with an errant pitch.

6.   Two pitches. . . two errant pitches. . . prevented Arizona from ending the World Series in New York.

7.   He knows his past will become an issue in New York, where every errant pitch will be watched closely.

8.   He knows his past will become an issue in New York, where every any errant pitch could turn into a headline.