![]() ![]() That score remained until the bottom of the sixth inning, when Leary all of a sudden lost it with two outs. But Gibson answered back with a solo shot in the fifth pushing the Dodgers lead to 4-1. Leary was cruising into the fourth inning, when Glenn Davis homered for Houston. Murray doubled in the third inning and evenutally scored on a wild pitch by Knepper, giving the Dodgers a 3-0 lead. After a walk by Eddie Murray, third baseman Jeff Hamilton singled home two runs. The Dodgers struck first, with a pair of one-out singles by Mickey Hatcher and Kirk Gibson in the first inning, but Hatcher strained his left hamstring running from first to third and had to be removed. He got the start for the Dodgers, against left-hander Bob Knepper (3-6, 4.67 ERA) for the Astros. Tim Leary, who won 17 games in 1988, was off to a 3-4 start with a 3.16 ERA through 10 starts. The Astros were 29-24 and went into Saturday night having won eight straight games. ![]() They were 25-26 after dropping the first two games of the series in Houston, 4½ games behind San Francisco and in fifth place in the National League West. The Dodgers, one season after winning the World Series, were off to a rough start. What ensued was one of the most memorable games in both team's histories and what still stands as, by time, the longest night game in National League history. On June 3, 1989, 25 years ago today, the Dodgers were in Houston for the third game of a four-game weekend series against the Astros at the Astrodome in Houston. ![]()
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