1. Perez will be the lead-off batter for the Pirates.

2. Saunders struck out leadoff batter Bip Roberts, but it was all downhill for the young lefty after that.

3. Leadoff hitter Brett Hardy, a lefty, hit a line drive to left field.

4. On the first pitch of the game, their lead-off hitter swatted a lazy fly ball down the right-field line.

5. Ian Kinsler hit a leadoff single and was sacrificed to second by Elvis Andrus.

6. Ramos with a leadoff homer to center in the sixth, his second of the series after hitting six last season.

7. Garcia issues a leadoff walk to Kinsler before Andrus singles to left-center, sending Kinsler to third.

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8. Washington and Cincinnati each traded for a leadoff hitter, and Philadelphia added Michael Young to its already potent lineup.

9. McGwire turned a nice double play in the first to erase Pat Listach after a leadoff single.

10. Shin-Soo Choo came over in a trade with Cleveland and addresses Cincinnati's gaping hole at the leadoff spot.

11. Bachmann is on the first leg of a three-day campaign trip to the leadoff caucus state.

12. Damon , as we know, plays center field and bats leadoff for the Yankees.