...no, not a 1-hitter. How about a 23-inning marathon. And there was a game scheduled the next day! And that game went 11 innings! In this one, Dick Nissan (Richard Dotson) had to relieve after Scott Bankhead threw 105 pitches in relief and gave up a solo HR to Kirby Pucket in the 23rd. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 23rd, Sweet Lou lined a 2-out double that scored Brookens with the tying run and Steve Lake (huffing and puffing all the way from first base) with the winner. However, by that time, most of the 26 fans who came to the game had left for pizza at Carl’s Pizzaria downtown. 8/20/1986, WPP86-EKL86, Astrodome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1986 Plainsmen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1986 Legends 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 R H E LOB DP 1986 Plainsmen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21 0 21 2 1986 Legends 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 20 1 19 2 Plainsmen AB R H BI AVG Legends AB R H BI AVG Garcia 2b 10 0 1 0 .291 Shelby cf 9 0 2 0 .230 Maldonado rf 11 1 4 0 .234 Dotson p 0 0 0 0 .114 Puckett cf 10 1 3 1 .339 Lake ph 1 1 1 0 .256 McReynolds lf 10 1 3 1 .262 Whitaker 2b 10 0 2 2 .257 Balboni 1b 10 0 2 1 .252 Griffey lf 10 0 1 0 .306 Royster 3b 4 0 2 0 .234 Cooper 1b 10 2 4 1 .280 Foley ph 2 0 1 0 .263 Winfield rf 10 0 5 0 .253 Minton p 0 0 0 0 .000 Mulliniks 3b 6 1 3 2 .230 White J ph 1 0 1 0 .211 Hudson p 0 0 0 0 .000 Welsh pr 0 0 0 0 .176 Newman ph 0 0 0 0 .204 Anderson A p 0 0 0 0 .083 Bankhead p 2 0 0 0 .143 Wilfong ph 0 0 0 0 .536 Lemon cf 1 0 0 0 .255 Holton p 2 0 0 0 .286 Owen S ss 8 0 0 0 .177 Butcher p 0 0 0 0 .071 Bilardello c 9 0 0 0 .164 Uribe ss 10 0 2 0 .231 Niekro J p 2 0 0 0 .313 Christmas c 5 0 0 0 .121 Jones O p 0 0 0 0 .000 Acker p 0 0 0 0 .000 Joyner ph 1 0 0 0 .301 Molitor 3b 3 0 0 0 .239 Dedmon p 0 0 0 0 .250 Hershiser p 3 1 2 0 .240 Roenicke G ph 1 0 0 0 .214 Bonds ph 1 0 0 0 .234 Caudill p 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith Lee p 1 0 0 0 .000 Worrell p 1 0 0 0 .333 LaValliere c 5 0 0 0 .180 Brookens 3b 4 1 2 0 .294 88 4 21 3 85 5 20 5 Plainsmen INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hershiser 8.0 7 1 1 2 2 99 63 4.15 Smith Lee BS 6 3.0 3 2 2 1 6 51 37 2.17 Acker 2.1 1 0 0 1 2 40 23 2.88 Minton 2.2 3 0 0 1 0 44 25 1.55 Anderson A 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 35 22 1.04 Holton 4.0 1 0 0 0 5 48 34 3.21 Butcher BS 1, L 1-1 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 16 11 4.19 22.2 20 5 5 5 17 333 215 Legends INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Niekro J 6.0 7 2 1 1 4 91 65 3.53 Jones O 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 17 12 7.56 Dedmon 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 19 9 1.54 Caudill 1.0 4 1 1 1 1 31 19 5.03 Worrell 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 36 21 2.60 Hudson 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 22 13 4.72 Bankhead 6.2 5 0 0 2 6 105 68 2.98 Dotson W 8-12 1.1 1 1 1 0 0 16 11 3.84 23.0 21 4 3 5 15 337 218 WPP: Bonds batted for Hershiser in the 9th Foley batted for Royster in the 12th LaValliere inserted at c in the 12th Foley moved to 3b in the 12th Molitor inserted at 3b in the 14th White J batted for Minton in the 17th Welsh ran for White J in the 17th Wilfong batted for Anderson A in the 19th EKL: Joyner batted for Jones O in the 7th Roenicke G batted for Dedmon in the 9th Brookens inserted at 3b in the 14th Newman batted for Hudson in the 15th Lemon inserted at cf in the 22nd Lake batted for Dotson in the 23rd E-Winfield. 2B-Garcia(12), Maldonado(16), Whitaker(22), Cooper(10), Winfield(28). 3B-Foley(2). HR-Puckett(20), McReynolds(17), Cooper(3), Mulliniks(5). RBI-Puckett(69), McReynolds(54), Balboni(84), Whitaker 2(33), Cooper(28), Mulliniks 2(21). SB-Puckett(7). CS-Puckett. K-Maldonado, Puckett, McReynolds, Balboni 3, Royster, Uribe 3, Bonds, LaValliere 2, Molitor, Holton, Shelby 3, Whitaker 2, Griffey 2, Cooper 2, Winfield 3, Owen S, Bilardello, Roenicke G, Worrell, Lemon. BB-Puckett, McReynolds, Royster, Christmas, Molitor, Whitaker, Owen S 2, Brookens, Newman. SH-Bilardello. HBP-Garcia, Shelby. PB-Bilardello. HB-Anderson A, Caudill. WP-Niekro J. GWRBI: Whitaker Temperature: 70, Wind: none.