1.   Brown continued to labor, giving up a homer to Jones on the first pitch of the third, and to Klesko on the first pitch in the sixth.

2.   He departed before the inning was over after giving up the homer to center field by Salmon that tied the game.

3.   He threw five scoreless innings before getting the ball up in the sixth, when he gave up consecutive homers to Craig Grebeck, Raul Mondesi and Carlos Delgado.

4.   If you give up a homer, stay away from the batter.

5.   If I went out and gave up a homer, that would be different.

6.   Wohlers pitched again last night, giving up a homer to Manny Ramirez and a double to Paul Sorrento in the ninth before being pulled.

7.   After giving up the homer to McGriff, Rocker retired the next three batters.

8.   He allowed nine hits in seven innings, giving up consecutive homers to Frank Thomas and Albert Belle in the fourth.

9.   In Pittsburgh, Denny Neagle won his seventh game in eight starts despite giving up two homers and Orlando Merced homered as the Pirates held off the Colorado Rockies.

10.   LHP Jason Christiansen, who gave up a homer to Henry Rodriguez, had back spasms and pitched only one-third of an inning.