1.   Almost never is a baseball game decided by the first out in the first inning.

2.   And even the first out came when Cal Ripken was thrown out at second base trying to stretch a single into a double.

3.   Batista walked Brian Jordan and got Karros to fly out to second for the first out.

4.   Bagwell struck out for the first out in the inning.

5.   Benji Gil hit a scorching line drive right into the glove of third baseman Clay Bellinger for the first out.

6.   Benji Gil hit a scorching line drive right into the glove third baseman Clay Bellinger for the first out.

7.   A sinkerball pitcher, Schoeneweis got Aurilia on a deep flyout to right for the first out.

8.   After Wells notched the first out in the ninth, Rivera replaced him and allowed two base runners before securing the last two outs.

9.   But Griffey Jr. popped up, the first out.

10.   But he did freeze Sweeney long enough to keep him from going to third as the ball bounced to second baseman Luis Alicea for the first out.