1.   Although leadoff batter Eric Chavez reached on a single, A.J. Hinch struck out.

2.   And even though Martinez let the leadoff batters reach in the third and fourth innings, he found a groove and kept the game close.

3.   And the chance further dissipated when the leadoff batter in the eighth inning, Bagwell, struck out swinging.

4.   Anderson pitched to one batter in the eighth, giving up a single to leadoff batter Dan Wilson.

5.   Astacio walked leadoff batter Lance Johnson and then balked him to second.

6.   Before each two-run homer, Dreifort walked the leadoff batter.

7.   A left-handed leadoff batter who invariably let the first pitch go by, Kimbro was adept at slashing low fastballs to the opposite field.

8.   After hitting the leadoff batter Jason Williams with a pitch, he gave up a single to Mark Kotsay and a three-run homer to Jacque Jones.

9.   But Griffey quickly ended the streak, hitting a second-pitch home run into the right-center field seats as the leadoff batter in the sixth.