3. FUN WITH NUMBERS DEPT.: The Dallas Morning News' Ben Shpigel reports that, in each of the first two games of a Rangers-A's series on May 2 and 3, a starting pitcher took a no-hitter 14 outs into the game. That was Texas' Kenny Rogers in the first game, followed by Oakland's Kirk Saarloos the next day.

 

Then both no-hitters were promptly broken up -- by Mark Ellis and Gary Matthews Jr., respectively. Both of whom wear No. 14. Of course.

 

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5. GIMME FIVE: For the third straight year (since Omar Vizquel did it in 2002), nobody got cinco hits in a game on Cinco de Mayo. But loyal reader Dan Frank didn't give up his celebration of cinco-mania that easily.

 

Frank reports that in the Mets' 5/5/05 game against the Phillies, the fifth batter of the fifth inning for the Mets was -- who else? -- No. 5 in your program, David Wright. Who then hit one of the Mets' five doubles that day. Give that man a nickel.

 

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