1.  And he was believed to be nearby, judging by his pitching line.

2.  And no runs should have blemished his pitching line.

3.  A pitching line sometimes tells you all you need to know.

4.  Even Irabu sensed the writing alongside an ugly pitching line of five earned runs and eight hits in three and a half innings.

5.  For his pitching line only outshined Maddux in the run column.

6.  He had exhausted his pitch limit before the third inning was done, but was able to put a nice spring-training spin on an unattractive pitching line.

7.  He had replaced Julian Tavarez with two on and two out, and his pitching line reads one batter faced, one hit allowed, one game won.

8.  He was better than his pitching line might suggest, allowing several broken-bat or seeing-eye singles.

9.  Keisler was arguably worse Sunday than his pitching line indicated.

10.  The pitching line was not particularly pretty.