91.  For every runner that he has left in scoring position, however, Clark figures he has advanced a teammate with a hit-and-run grounder or patiently taken a walk.

92.  For example, the numbers show that the Rangers are the worst team in the American League at batting with runners in scoring position.

93.  For the night, they stranded eight runners, and six of them were in scoring position.

94.  Four relievers followed Nomo and held the Padres scoreless, even though San Diego had men in scoring position in all four innings.

95.  Fortunately there were some guys in scoring position.

96.  Four wild pitches, including two that allowed runs to score and a third that moved a runner into scoring position, reached the screen behind home plate.

97.  Garciaparra at third base soon would become the eighth Boston runner stranded in scoring position.

98.  For Wallach, scoring position is third base, which he reached on a ground-out by Delino DeShields.

99.  From the unnerving habit of consistently walking batters and putting runners in scoring position to the way he always seems to pitch himself out of trouble.

100.  Gagne struck out seven and did not allow a runner in scoring position after the secondinning.