1. According to a plan he formulated in his mind two weeks ago, Butler got his first-pitch fastball from Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Francisco Cordova. 2. Both Alou and Everett jumped on first-pitch fastballs from Mesa, who was booed and hissed throughout his brief stint on the mound. 3. But after four innings of shutout relief by Mike Venafro and Jeff Zimmerman, Palmeiro won it with his own fastball from reliever Roberto Hernandez. 4. But not before Brosius blasted a fastball from Sterling Hitchcock over the center-field wall in the top of the seventh. 5. But Piazza jumped on a fastball from Rogers on the first pitch and lifted it just over the right-field fence for a home run. 6. Catcher Ivan Rodriguez left the game in the first inning after being hit on the right elbow by an inside fastball from Chuck Smith. 7. Edgardo Alfonzo then sliced a high fastball from the reliever Matt Morris into right-center field. 8. Gilkey was beaned by a high and tight fastball from the Marlin rookie Ryan Dempster. 9. Gilkey slammed a fastball from Jeff Juden over the left-field wall in the eighth inning. 10. Gonzalez beat out the throw to first, and two batters later, Durazo hit a two-strike fastball from Tom Glavine. |