1.   Bernard Gilkey, who was playing in, made the catch and positioned himself perfectly for the medium throw home.

2.   DeShields beat the throw home easily, and Patterson, who never stopped running, wound up on second.

3.   Gonzalez scored on the play with Durazo going to third on a wide relay throw home by Alfonso Soriano.

4.   Hernandez also made several strong defensive plays, including a throw home that cut down Lance Berkman in the first inning on a relay from left fielder Geoff Jenkins.

5.   However, Paquette made an accurate throw home, retiring Barker easily at the plate to end the inning.

6.   Huskey rumbled around third, challenging the strong arm of Walker, the Colorado right fielder, who made a good throw home.

7.   It allowed Easley to slide in headfirst for the run, even though the throw home from first baseman Don Mattingly easily beat Easley to the plate.

8.   Kent fielded the ball cleanly but rushed his throw home wide right and short of the plate.

9.   Ochoa hustled to second on the throw home, then scored what proved to be the winning run when Butch Huskey lined a double to left field.

10.   Palmeiro eventually retrieved the ball himself and threw it to cutoff man Benji Gil, whose throw home to catcher Bengie Molina was too late to get Rivera.