1.   Bohanon left after six innings of one-run ball and the Mets needed Dennis Cook to tidy the mess he and Turk Wendell created in the seventh.

2.   Matt Williams drove in six that inning to tie a major league record.

3.   He has allowed more than three earned runs only once in nine starts and pitched at least six innings six times.

4.   Seibu starter Shinji Taninaka gave up four hits over six innings to pick up his first win of the season against one loss.

5.   The Twins, meanwhile, had only two base runners the final six innings after loading the bases without scoring against Rogers in both the third and fourth innings.