1.   The five-run flurry was capped by Steve Finley, who hit a three-run homer.

2.   On Monday night he replicated that performance by igniting a pair of three-run flurries in the first and fourth innings.

3.   Sosa, free of McGwire at last, cut down on his swing and stroked a key single in another two-run flurry in the sixth.

4.   The Indians had battered Cone in the first inning, erupting in a five-run flurry that left the pitcher and his team stunned.

5.   The Rangers rescued Stottlemyre with a six-run flurry against Hideki Irabu in the second inning, the last four scoring on a grand slam by Rusty Greer.