1.  Ashley took two strikes from right-hander Ricky Bottalico, then held off four consecutive balls to walk in a run.

2.  After throwing three consecutive balls to Wilton Guerrero to open the bottom of the first, Hershiser stepped off the rubber to collect himself.

3.  Carlos Baerga was the third batter, and Wolcott threw him four consecutive balls.

4.  Fonville, summoned as emergency infield help from Pawtucket, mishandled three consecutive balls at second base in his only start and was gone two days later.

5.  He showed the typical rookie jitters by starting off by throwing seven consecutive balls and walking the first two hitters he faced.

6.  He took a strike on the first pitch, but Petkovsek then threw four consecutive balls.

7.  He was feeling it the way Bird was feeling it when he would fire five consecutive balls off the rack in the All-Star contest.

8.  He threw nine consecutive balls, walking Bragg and Jeff Frye to load the bases.

9.  In the second, he got Marquis Grissom to pop up weakly to center following the four consecutive balls he threw to Adrian Beltre.

10.  In the seventh Ortiz issued his first walk of the game, putting on Alex Rodriguez on four consecutive balls.