1.   The gap between the lead runner and the rest of the field continued to widen.

2.   The lead runner set a murderous pace.

3.   But rather than tagging the base runner, and thus eliminating the vital lead runner, he threw to first to get Hammonds.

4.   Even when the lead runners hit a headwind, there were five of them, plus a few men, to shield Paramonova.

5.   He began calibrating whether he should disqualify the lead runner, or declare that Silva would have won without the confusing cutoff.

6.   He had the out at second but tried for the lead runner.

7.   He then touches second before the lead runner can get back to the base, for the second out.

8.   In the third inning, Davis made a diving stab down the line to hold Darryl Hamilton to a single, stopping the lead runner at second.

9.   It will help separate the field, and give the lead runners a sense of where they stand in the pack.

10.   Jim Leyritz, starting against the left-hander Alvarez, fielded the ball and opted to throw to first instead of trying to force the lead runner behind him.