TheBy the end of the second inning, in a team effort, from second base, Dave Henderson had scored on a Tony Phillips single. With Terry Steinbach on third, Walt Weiss hit a soft ground ball, and on a fielder's choice throw to home, Steinbach knocked the ball out of fellow catcher Terry Kennedy's glove to score the second run. Rickey Henderson drove in Tony Phillips. Dave Parker led off the third inning with a home run. Walt Weiss led off the fourth inning with a homerun. Stewart ran into trouble in the top of the ninth, but with Will Clark on third and Kevin Mitchell on second and two strikeouts under Stewart's belt, Candy Maldonado grounded to third and Phillips threw him out at first.
By the end of the second inning, in a team effort, from second base, Dave Henderson had scored on a Tony Phillips single. With Terry Steinbach on third, Walt Weiss hit a soft ground ball, and on a fielder's choice throw to home, Steinbach knocked the ball"Hell of a lineup; hell of a pitcher. Sorry to miss that one", Griff, who had shared the Coliseum with the A's when he played for the Raiders, said to Caydance. Because -- during the first game of the World Series -- his team had come from behind to defeat the Swifts, he was happy as he faced a pile of bacon and waffles drenched with Vermont maple syrup -- the whole accompanied by post-game breakfast Champagne.
Losses by Bay Area Pac10 teams held middle place on the sports page. At home in Memorial Stadium, Cal lost to USC 15–31. On the Road, Stanford lost to Washington State 13–31.
But it was the headline on a brief story that Griff had already read four times that contributed to his cheerful breakfast mood:
"With a Last Minute Touchdown, Huygens Beats the LA Basin Swifts 41-38"