1.   Bledsoe had to take warmup tosses on the sideline and at one point Scott Zolak was helmeted and ready to enter.

2.   From the moment he started his warmup tosses Saturday, Jones was eased into his task by Apodaca.

3.   Gordon got to the mound, resumed his warmup tosses, then saw manager Jimy Williams coming out to talk with home plate umpire Bill Welke.

4.   He had trouble finding the plate with his warmup tosses and was hooted mercilessly by fans who actually pay attention to practice pitches.

5.   He will trot in from the bullpen sometime after his final warmup tosses, and fans in swollen Fenway will stand, cheer and applaud.

6.   He took one warmup toss and said he could have stayed in the game, but Williams decided to play it safe.

7.   In fact, none of the coaches had asked Buck to take those warmup tosses.

8.   After brief medical attention, Reed grimaced while making a few warmup tosses before retiring the side in order.

9.   Burba went out to the mound to pitch the eighth and made his warmup tosses before Indians pitching coach Dick Pole came out.

10.   Rocker split open the callus on his first warmup toss in the seventh.