Contrary to the previous two outings, Jordan himself showed up on time at nine sharp.

Weathers had not been scored upon in his previous two outings.

He had allowed only two earned runs in his previous five outings.

"I wasn't feeling well the previous two outings," Martínez said.

Then came the sixth - an inning that Smith hadn't survived in his previous two outings.

Benitez, who had allowed 1 earned run in his previous 31 outings, was philosophical.

There was a dead tree that she had noted on many previous outings.

Matt Ginter, who had given up 22 runs in his previous four outings, actually left with a chance to win.

Clemens was far sharper than he had been in his four previous outings.

White had allowed only one run in his previous six outings as a Met.