1.   Antonio Osuna pitched a scoreless eighth inning, the highlighted of which was a low fastball that Ellis Burks hit into a double play.

2.   Behind the cage, his coaches smile as Sosa sends another low fastball into the seats.

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

4.   But Witt threw Buhner a low fastball.

5.   Facing reliever Hector Carrasco, Bell got a low fastball and hit it high and deep.

6.   He fanned Williams swinging on a low fastball.

7.   Mixing a sharp curveball with a good sinker and effective low fastball, Astacio held the Mets to six hits, never more than one an inning.

8.   One time in Seattle, he hit a low fastball a rocket over the center-field fence.

9.   Pitchers were frustrating Jeter by pounding fastballs low and inside, so he backed up slightly in the box last week, and pitchers promptly started throwing fastballs outside.

10.   Ryan threw a low fastball that brushed the dirt off the outside corner.