1.   But Kelly took a fastball for strike three.

2.   He fouled off a slider, and took two fastballs out of the strike zone.

3.   It appears that TCU took a fastball in the ribs for the Southwest Conference.

4.   Lee Stevens takes a fastball on the hip.

5.   Mazeroski took a fastball high.

6.   Martinez was playing his first game since taking a fastball between the shoulder blades Tuesday from Orioles reliever Armando Benitez, which touched off a bench-clearing brawl.

7.   That brought up Erubiel Durazo, who fouled off three sliders, then took a fastball for strike three.

8.   Then he would take a fastball over the heart of the plate and push the catcher over.

9.   Valentine noted that Payton took a fastball for a strike before fouling a pitch back and grounding out and suggested that maybe the team was not aggressive enough.

10.   Wade Boggs took a fastball for a called strike three in the fifth, as did Mark Whiten at the start of the sixth inning.