Without taking any warmup pitches, he struck out the first four batters without any making contact.

The succeeding warmup pitches would be thrown lower and lower (but not slower) until Duren would finally "find" the plate.

Martinez, later diagnosed as having a bad bruise, threw one warmup pitch and was replaced by Mel Rojas (2-1).

While throwing his pregame warmup pitches, Pérez missed Lo Duca's glove by about a foot and smacked a photographer in the leg.

Pettitte waited to throw his warmup pitches because of a rain delay of 1 hour 36 minutes.

Castro took some warmup pitches, then turned to face Hoak and called out the Spanish equivalent of "Batter up!"

Clemens (18-11) left the game with a pulled right groin after taking his warmup pitches before the bottom of the first inning.

But in his final attempt, at Vero Beach, he was forced to stop during his warmup pitches because of a pinching in the shoulder.

Leiter, who missed his start Tuesday, threw eight warmup pitches, followed by 63 pitches at full speed.

He left because of a strained right arm after throwing one warmup pitch before the second inning.