1.   Facing such a large first innings total, the batsmen were shackled by the need to save the game.

2.   They turned a triple play in the first inning.

3.   Their first innings total so far is a hundred and eighty six for six.

4.   Pakistan declared at three hundred and seventy four for four in their first innings.

5.   Almost never is a baseball game decided by the first out in the first inning.

6.   Although Millwood was roughed up by St. Louis in a three-run first inning Monday, the starters have breezed through the first third of the spring schedule.

7.   Alomar saves so many runs a year with his exceptional defense that it was odd to see him give the Red Sox a gift in the first inning.

8.   Although Martinez settled down after the first inning, the early lead gave the Indian hitters all the confidence they needed.

9.   Although his name was announced as the starting left fielder, batting third, he did not take the field in the first inning.

10.   Anaheim looked like it might shake a season-long hitting slump in the first inning when Darin Erstad singled sharply to center field with one out.