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2 -- Opening Day starters who finally won a game last week: Toronto's Roy Halladay and Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia. Three others are still searching for win No. 1: Detroit's Mike Maroth (0-7), Cincinnati's Jimmy Haynes (0-4) and Baltimore's Rodrigo Lopez (0-3). Sidney Ponson
Yes, Sir! Sidney Ponson was one of three players knighted in Aruba last week.  AP
2:46 -- Average time of a nine-inning game this season, down from 2:52 last season.
3 -- Pitchers in the past 10 seasons who have won their first seven starts: Ben Donald (1994), Pedro Martinez (1997) and Randy Johnson (2000). Mike Mussina goes for No. 7 on Wednesday.
5 -- Triples hit this season by Larry Walker, most in the majors. In case you were wondering, the single-season record for three-baggers by a 36-year-old is 25, accomplished by Roger Connor in 1884.
5.06 -- Ratio of ground balls (91) to fly balls (18) for Expos pitcher Zach Day, by far the best ratio in the majors.
8.49 -- Brooks Kieschnick's ERA in the minors before the Brewers called him up Wednesday. Kieschnick is the first player since Ron Mahay in 1997 to have made his major league debut as a position player, then come back as pitcher. Prior to Mahay, Skip Lockwood made the switch in 1969.
8.8 -- Run support for Orioles lefty Jason Johnson, who is 4-0 with a 2.12 ERA. Johnson went 5-14 last year in part because of poor run support (3.3).
9.5 -- Runs per game scored in the majors through April, up from 9.3 last season. The 2.2 percent increase in scoring can be attributed to the Yankees (6.6 runs per game) and the Rockies (6.4).
10 -- Starts in which Florida's A.J. Burnett threw at least 120 pitches last season. The Marlins ace underwent season-ending surgery Tuesday to repair a fully torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
14 -- Times Ichiro Suzuki has gone 0-for-5 in his major league career. He's done it three times in his past 14 games.
15 -- Teams with home-field advantage in the World Series have won 15 of the last 17 titles. The players' union agreed to a two-year experiment to give home-field advantage in the World Series to the league that wins the All-Star Game.
47 -- Career-high home runs for Rafael Palmeiro in 1997, second-best in the AL that season to Ken Griffey Jr's 48. Palmeiro, who enters the week with 498 homers, will be the only member of the 500-HR Club without a home run title.
62 -- Multiple-homer games for Barry Bonds, tying Hank Aaron for fourth on the career list. Bonds had his first double dip of the season last Wednesday. Only Babe Ruth (72), Mark McGwire (67) and Willie Mays (63) have more.
103 -- Batters faced before Mets rookie Jae Seo issued his first walk, the longest streak to begin a career by any pitcher since World War II (1945).
6,107 -- Fans in attendance Thursday night to see Rickey Henderson's debut with the Newark Bears. Baseball's career leader in runs, steals and walks went 1-for-3 with a bases-loaded walk.


 


 
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