4/29/2010 2:57am JST

...Takeshi Yamasaki was given the day off on Wednesday.  It was his first day off of the year.

4/28/2010 11:51am JST

...Norihiro Nakamura missed a hit-and-run sign in the fourth inning with Daisuke Kusano at first.  End result:  Kusano ran, was thrown out at second, and the play shows up in the box score as a caught stealing.

...Marty Brown's comment after Tuesday night's loss:

"Nagai gave us a chance to win.  The offense has to come through [in these types of games]."