I had some well-hit balls and they were caught.

Mussina did not allow another well-hit ball, but he also could not get a strikeout.

I heard the slug hit; a solid, meaty smack, like a well-hit ball hitting the fielder's glove.

Greg Vaughn led off with a double inside the third base bag and took third after McRae ran down a well-hit ball from Joyner in left-center field.

Browning didn't need any spectacular plays from his teammates, but they were there when he needed them on well-hit balls.

Whatever the approach, Ramirez got the message: no more posing and sauntering up the first-base line while watching one of his well-hit balls make its way toward the outfield bleachers.

This made for splashes on routine plays and adventures on well-hit balls.

"It was a well-hit ball in the gap," Dye said.

(yelled following a well-hit ball down the line)

And, he added, he looks forward to crowds that are willing to cut loose with more than dignified applause at a well-hit ball.