Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500.
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Ozzie makes a leaping, diving stop, shovels to Fernando and everybody drops everything.
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The way he's swinging the bat, he won't get a hit until the 20th century.
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Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.
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Finley is going over to get a new piece of bat.
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From the way Denny's shaking his head, he's either got an injured shoulder or a gnat in his eye.
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Davis fouls out to third in fair territory.
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If Pete Rose brings the Reds in first, they ought to bronze him and put him in cement.
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At the end of six innings of play, it's Montreal 5, Expos 3.
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The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.
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Turner pulls into second with a sun-blown double.
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Thomas is racing for it, but McCovey is there and can't get his glove to it. That play shows the inexperience, not on Thomas' part, but on the part of Willie McC ... well, not on McCovey's part either.
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Kent Abbott is in the on-deck circuit.
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At the end, excitement maintained its hysteria.
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Grubb goes back, back... He's under the warning track and makes the play.
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Houston has its largest crowd of the night here this evening.
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I sure hope you're staying alive for the upcoming Dodgers series.
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They've taken the foot off Johnny Grubb. Uh, they've taken the shoe off Johnny Grubb.
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There is someone warming up in the Giants' bullpen, but he's obscured by his number.
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Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.
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Billy Almon has all of his inlaw and outlaws here this afternoon.
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Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.
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There's a shot up the alley. Oh, it's just foul.
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Winfield goes back to the wall. He hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base! This is a terrible thing for the Padres!
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Jesus Alou is in the on-deck circus.
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There's two heads to every coin.
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There's a deep fly ball... Winfield goes back, back... his head hits the wall ... it's rolling towards second base.
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It's off the leg and into the left field of Doug Radar.
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The Padres, after winning the first game of the doubleheader, are ahead here in the top of the fifth and hoping for a split.
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I don't mean he missed him, but he just didn't get him when he put the tag on him.
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