Alex, the Falcon shortstop who made the error in the previous inning, was at the plate.

In the previous inning the teams had played, the 10th Friday night, the Cardinals had scored two runs for a 6-4 victory.

Although he had given up two of Toronto's three runs in the previous inning, the Oakland closer was still fearsome.

Just as he did in the previous inning, Alomar hit the ball the opposite way.

Jackson, who had struck out into a double play in the previous inning, walked on a 3-2 pitch, reloading the bases.

In the bottom half of the previous inning, the Yankees had a similar opportunity with one out.

Bonilla had lost a ball in the sun the previous inning.

"Although Edgar did get hit the previous inning."

Bergman had suffered a hand injury the previous inning.

At the high school level, the first-base coach is often the player who made the last out of the previous inning.