1.   Billy Wagner pitched the ninth, escaping with his sixth save despite allowing two singles to start the inning.

2.   After Wickman allowed two singles to start the ninth, Wetteland was summoned and his disintegration was alarming.

3.   Also remember that he got that two-out single to start the greatest World Series comeback of all time.

4.   He allowed three consecutive singles to start the third, the last one bringing in a run.

5.   Again a single started to take off.

6.   Batista also left the bases loaded in the third, but his single started the pivotal sixth inning.

7.   Osborne left the game after allowing two singles to start the seventh.

8.   The first guy was Shawon Dunston, who fought off pitch after pitch from Kevin McGlinchy before finally getting a single to start the winning rally.