Richie Zisk

He came back with a four-hit night last night.

In left field, batting fifth, Richie Zisk.

At first base, with a five-game hitting streak going, is Mike Hargrove.

At third base for this biggest offensive night of the year, Toby Harrah hit two homers and had five runs batted in last night.

Here's Juan Beniquez.

Beniquez celebrated his first appearance to the plate off the disabled list last night with a line-shot home run.

And Richie Zisk, talking around the batting cage before the game tonight, said he really felt that might have been the key blow all night long for the Rangers to see Beniquez ride off the disabled list.

It went so far and so deep.

And all we gotta do is just tighten it up, and it's gonna take away that many, you know, more runs from the opposition.

You know, uh, Brian, yesterday was a very good example of how tricky maybe this ballpark is because, uh, we haven't been kidding people about Richie Zisk.

He is a fine outfielder.

Uh, he's a good ballplayer, a solid ballplayer, but, boy, he was having his troubles in right field.

At least he played a little better.

[laughs]

[laughs] What goes on in the dugout after a performance like that? Now, when a guy like Zisk comes in, you guys, like, guys really kid him, don't you?

Well, you know, a man like that with all ability he has and all the time he's been around, you know, everybody will give him some pretty good stuff.

Well, we go to the second inning, no score.

For the Texas Rangers, it will be Richie Zisk, Toby Harrah, Buck Wills to face Dennis Leonard.

Thank you.

Richie Zisk, a .260 hitter.

He has 13 home runs, 51 RBIs.

Six out of 27 against the Royals for the year.

Three RBIs and a home run.

Richie Zisk.

We had a no decision here on June the 5th, and also in Pittsburgh on the 30th, against Pittsburgh here on August the 30th.

Richie Zisk has hit them for a couple of home runs,

if

memory serves me right.

And Zisk has been the only long ball bat we've had against the Dodgers.

We've hit four home runs off him over the season, and the 12 golf ballgames played the Pirates winning eight of the 12, and he has hit three of those home runs.

But the big thing for the Pirates, their backs are against the wall, and they cannot afford any more losses or losses.

As I mentioned, a club that hits 274 and has had 114 home runs and driven in 692 can't be bottled up forever.

Jeff Zahn is pitching for Minnesota.

And in the first inning, Richie Zisk in his 28th home run with a man on, so the White Sox have already taken a 2-0 lead in that game, although the first inning for the White Sox has not yet been reported as complete, but it's at least 2-0 Chicago

in

the top of the first inning.

McBride has made both plays, and here's Mike Gordon.

Chicago White Sox got four runs in the first inning.

Two of the runs coming on a Richie Zisk home run.

Minnesota Twins answered back with one, so it's 4-1 Chicago at the end of an inning.

A two-base hit to begin the fourth inning for Pittsburgh.

Here's Richie Zisk.

Zisk with two on and two out in the first inning at a fly ball that Foster caught a couple of steps away from the wall and straightaway left field.

This drove in more runs against Cincinnati than anybody else in this Pirate Club during the season.

That is taken inside.

It gets by Johnny Bench, and Willie Sargent will come on to third base as Fred Norman has been charged with a wild pitch.

Two balls and no strikes on Richie Zisk, and a wild pitch has moved the potential first run of the game for Pittsburgh down to third base.

Now the Red Sox have knocked out Vida Blue in the fourth inning after Yastrzemski's two-run homer, fifth double, and Lynn's single.

uniforms between the Rangers and the Seattle Mariners.

Richie Zisk was the principal involved going to the Mariners.

Check on the runner at first.

Ball one pitch is a strike for the fastball.

He can fly, and he's going to be a whale of a ball player.

And you've got young Zisk, young Al Oliver, Mendoza and Tavares.

They'll have to come up with another catcher to back up Sandgame, but I think they've already got him in mind.

But with the pitching of young Demery, who's only 21 years of age, and Brett...

He got a base hit, takes a strike.

Two balls and a strike.

Richie Zisk is on deck.

He'll pinch hit for Dave Justy.