[rpriske]

August 11th, 1988

Finishing up in Houston, going for that sweep.

They have the big guns, Mike Scott (15-4, 2.34).

The Giants are going with OUR big gun, Frank Viola (13-7, 2.11).

And I... have the day off.

I will admit, I have been dragging a bit. It is a long season.

Brian Giles is playing short.

The boys got two in the 3rd, but then gave them right back.
The Astros made it 3-2 in the 5th and 4-2 in the 7th.
We tied it up in the 8th and then burst ahead 6-4 in the 10th.... but they tied it back up!
Finally the Astros won 7-6 in the 12th.

Frank Viola pitched ELEVEN innings.

(NOTE: I forgot to switch it to AI control and was wondering why Viola was still pitching. Sigh. This one is on me.)

No sweep, but we took the series.

Now we are heading to L.A.