1.   And more playing time has resulted in some sparkling play and some occasional eye-popping jams.

2.   Bell, who walked three times in addition to his RBI double, made several sparkling plays.

3.   Alford has made sparkling plays and has dropped routine passes.

4.   Cone was saved by two sparkling plays by Chuck Knoblauch, the frequently erratic second baseman.

5.   Davis told Piniella he might have problems gripping the bat, and Piniella inserted John Mabry, who made a pair of sparkling plays.

6.   In the sixth inning, Brosius made a sparkling play to throw out Sandy Alomar.

7.   It was a scintillating game, with great players making sparkling plays.

8.   The defense made sparkling plays at key moments.

9.   The Stanford student section taunted the fifth-ranked Wildcats until Loren Woods silenced it with his sparkling play at both ends of the floor.

10.   A fiery confrontation between Belle and Cleveland starter Dave Burba in the sixth interrupted a well-played game with several sparkling defensive plays.