1.   After repeatedly bailing himself out, Loaiza then found his strikeout pitch by suddenly gaining the advantage in the count.

2.   I was just trying to fight off those strikeout pitches he was throwing.

3.   My strikeout pitch this year has been my slider.

4.   The strikeout pitch bounced and got away from catcher Doug Mirabelli, trickling to his left.

5.   Martinez said he strained a muscle below his right shoulder blade on his strikeout pitch to Jim Thome, who led off the fourth.

6.   The strikeout pitch was a low and away split-fingered fastball that Lofton swung at and missed badly.