[rpriske]

September 8th, 1989

We are in the Astrodome and ready to keep the momentum going.

The Astros are pitching Rheal Cormier (6-7, 3.27).

The Giants have Bruce Ruffin (14-5, 2.54).

Cormier is a fellow Canadian - from Moncton - and this is his rookie season. I have faced him once, going 0 for 1. In fact, our entire lineup is 2 for 12 against him.

I kicked thing off by grounding out to Glenn Davis at 1st.

Houstin opened the scoring right away as Clavin James led off their half with a triple and then scored on a Craig Worthington sac fly.

Astros lead 1-0

Alan Cockrell duplicated the feat in the 2nd, hitting a triple and scoring on a Tim Naehring sac fly.

Game tied 1-1

In the bottom of the 2nd we turned a Priske - Thompson - Hernandez double play to get Dickie Thon and Casey Candaele.

In the 3rd I came up with one out and did something I almost never do. For the 2nd time this season, I hit one over the wall for a home run!

Giants lead 2-1

In the bottom half I caught a Worthington pop for the 2nd out.

I handled a Craig Biggio grounder for the final out in the 5th.

I led off the 6th by getting on the exact opposite way as last time - I legged out an infield single.
Stolen base #105.
With two out, Rob Deer and Robby Thompson both walked, loading the bases.
Alan struck out, leaving us all out there.

I came up in the 7th with one out, Tim on 2nd, and Keith Hernandez on 1st. They brought in German Gonzalez to face me.
I flew out to Dave Gallagher in centre.

With one out in the 8th, Jim decided Bruce was getting tired so he brought in Mark Davis to get the five out save, I expect.

I was right, and he did. We had the 2-1 win!

I went 2 for 4 with a single, a HOME RUN, an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base.

Seeing my home run on the highlight reel was a lot of fun.