MARINA BAY, Singapore -- Nico Rosberg beat Max Verstappen to the fastest time in the final practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix by just 0.059s in a session that will be best remembered for a track invasion by a lizard.Rosberg hooked up a relatively clean lap in his Mercedes to set a 1:44.352 on ultra-softs, with Verstappen just 0.059s slower on his quick lap. Rosbergs time was marginally slower than his best effort in Fridays second practice, suggesting there is still plenty more to come from Mercedes in this evenings qualifying session.Lewis Hamilton had shown a glimpse of that in the first sector by clocking a time 0.25s quicker than teammate Rosberg but locked his brakes heading into Turn 7 and ran wide. As a result, he finished the session eighth fastest based on a time he set on the super-soft tyres.Kimi Raikkonen was third fastest for Ferrari, 0.508s off the pace of Rosberg, with Daniel Ricciardo a further 0.043s adrift after getting stuck behind a slow-moving Manor on his fast lap. Sebastian Vettel had to settle for fifth fastest after a mistake on the exit of Turn 7 saw him straddle the kerb and lose time, leaving him a total of 0.752s off Rosbergs benchmark.But it was an unusual incident under a red flag ten minutes into the session that really stood out. The session had been stopped in order to clear debris left by Pascal Wehrleins Manor after he damaged his rear wing against the crash barrier at Turn 11. In order to allow marshals to clear the debris from the track, the cars filtered back to the pits but as they did so they were were joined by an unusual visitor.Theres a giant lizard on the track! Max Verstappen said over his radio as a metre-long reptile scurried across the track at the exit of Turn 3. It stopped briefly in the middle of the track to let the Red Bull pass before running for the safety of the crash barrier on the others side of road. You came face to face with Godzilla then, came the reply from Verstappens mechanic as he cruised back to the pits. Once the circuit was clear of both debris and lizards, the session resumed with just a five-minute delay.By the chequered flag, Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg finished sixth fastest ahead of Daniil Kvyat in the Toro Rosso, Hamilton, Carlos Sainz in the second Toro Rosso and Valtteri Bottas Williams. Sergio Perez was 11th fastest ahead of Fernando Alonso, Esteban Gutierrez, Felipe Massa, Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button.Felipe Nasr finished 17th ahead of Romain Grosjean, who again reported difficulties under braking. 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I can hear it off the bat, the retiring New York Yankees first baseman said.Already in the young playoffs, Torontos Edwin Encarnacion homered to win the AL wild-card game, San Franciscos Conor Gillaspie had a go-ahead, ninth-inning drive in the NL game and the Cubs Javier Baez hit a decisive eighth-inning shot to win an NL Division Series opener.Cubs pitcher Travis Wood became the first reliever to hit a home run in the postseason since 1924. And on Sunday, Dodgers rookie Corey Seager homered in the first inning for the second straight game against Washington.Home runs had dropped from 4,661 in 2013 to 4,186 the following season. The rise began last year, when the total increased to 4,909.And this year nearly set a record.We have tested the baseball. We are absolutely convinced that this issue is not driven by a difference in the baseball, baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said. My own view is that the spike is related to the way that the game is being played now, the way that we are training hitters from a very young age, and we have not been able to find any external cause that explains the spike in home runs.A record 111 players hit 20 or more home runs this season, up from 64 last year, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. And forget the days of the weak-hitting, slick-gloved middle infielder. Thirty-five of those players started at least 100 games combined at second base, third or shortstop.Players with 30 or more homers nearly doubled, from 20 to 38.Home runs create a buzz at the ballpark -- especially in the dugouts. Clevelands Roberto Perez, Jason Kipnis and Francisco Lindor all homered in a single inning of the Indians AL Division Series opener against Boston.After the first one, it was exciting. After mine, it was even kind of getting nuts in there, Kipnis said. And the third one, our dugout was kind of losing it.A day later, the Blue Jays connected three times in an inning at Texas.Increasingly, hitters take nothing-or-all swings. Strikeouts set a record for the ninth straight year at 38,982, an average of 8.02 per team pper game.dddddddddddd Whiffs are up 27 percent from the 6.30 average in 2007.Offense has been redefined.Sometimes a guy working the count and getting to 3-0 and hitting a home run at Yankee Stadium like (Matt) Wieters is small ball, to work the count like that and get a hittable pitch, said Baltimore manager Buck Showalter, whose Orioles led the major leagues with 253 long balls.Teixeiras evidence goes beyond homers. The average velocity of balls off bats this increased from 88.5 mph in 2015 to 89.1 mph this year, according to Major League Baseballs Statcast.All of a sudden, did we get that much better? That much stronger? he said.Big league baseballs are manufactured by Rawlings in Costa Rica, and balls must weight 5-5 1/4 ounces, have a circumference of 9 to 9 1/4 inches and a diameter of 2 7/8 to 3 inches. The company and MLB insist nothing has changed this year.Were not seeing anything outside our normal tolerance range and specification level, Rawlings spokeswoman Kathy Stephens said, adding the company conducts its own tests.In a statement, MLB said: We direct UMass-Lowells Baseball Research Center to conduct periodic testing of baseballs throughout the regular season.Among the balls that are randomly tested are a sampling from the supplies of clubs. Balls are tested for weight, circumference, coefficient of restitution and other factors. Measurements are made to ensure compliance with our rules and are also compared to previous results. These reviews have found no differences to the ball that would have resulted in a change to its performance, MLB said.Texas manager Jeff Banister had anticipated a decrease in home runs during the postseason because of better pitching. Didnt turn out the way.Youre facing the No. 1s and No. 2s and 3s, he said, and those guys dont generally give up the long ball a lot.Didnt turn out the way. Toronto went deep six times in the first two games of the AL Division Series, hitting four home runs off Yu Darvish.With San Francisco playing postseason games at Chicagos Wrigley Field, former Cub Jeff Samardzija knows the weather in the Windy City can impact how the ball travels. Pitchers are especially aware of home runs on the North Side.You look at those flags, he said, and you kind of go from there. ' ' '