1.   Although Luis Castillo opened the game with a base hit, Brown clearly had command of his sinking fastball.

2.   Although Luis Castillo opened the game with a base hit, Brown clearly had his sinking fastball.

3.   As a result, his best pitch, a sinking fastball, was not sinking.

4.   Belinda threw a sequence of fastball, slider, sinker, fastball in, and sinking fastball, which Ripken hit for a slow grounder toward shortstop John Valentin.

5.   Burkett throws a sinking fastball, curve, slider and changeup, but his strength is his control.

6.   But he grounded out weakly to second, the victim of a nasty sinking fastball.

7.   But in a stroke of convenience for Cox, J.R. Phillips tied into a sinking fastball for a solo home run with one out in the fifth.

8.   But Rivera threw a sinking fastball and Mark Whiten bounced to second, where Knoblauch began an inning-ending double play.

9.   Cone was busy working on a sinking fastball to bolster his formidable repertory.

10.   Erickson had a two-hitter, a five-run lead and his sinking fastball working well.