1.   Almost but not quite out of the inning, Ortiz faced Damion Easley, who hit a sinking liner to right-center field.

2.   Anderson hit a sinking liner to left field, where Bobby Higginson tried to make a shoestring catch.

3.   Any outfielder would have had trouble getting to the sinking liner, but Ward was smooth enough and quick enough to make the play.

4.   Defensively, he had one chance on a sinking liner that fell in front of him in the sixth inning.

5.   Edmonds saved a run for Cooper in the first inning, diving and catching a sinking liner to center field hit by Paul Konerko with a runner on second.

6.   Edgar Martinez then hit a sinking liner to center that Gerald Williams caught knee-high for the final out.

7.   Finally, Miguel Tejada hit a sinking liner to shallow left-center, where Erstad made a diving catch and doubled up Menechino off second base.

8.   Finally, Miguel Tejada hit a sinking liner to shallow left-center, but Erstad made a diving catch and doubled up Menechino off second base.

9.   He scrambled into a rescue boat and snapped photographs of the sinking liner.

10.   If one ump does not run into the outfield on a sinking liner, all four look sluggish.