Monday September 19 at the Yankees

Opponent: New York Yankees
Outcome: L
Score: 2-3
Streak: L1
Record: 52-96
Rank: 7th
GB: 32

It had been a little more than three months since the last time the Orioles had faced the Yankees and New York's situation had changed quite a bit in the meantime.  When the Orioles lost to the Yankees back on June 12th the Bronx Bombers had been in first place with a 38-21 record and a two game lead over the second place Tigers.  The Yankees now were in fourth place with a 78-70 record, 6 1/2 games behind the first place Red Sox.  Lou Piniella was now the manager, having replaced Billy Martin in late June.

Pete Harnisch was making his second major league start for the Orioles tonight and it went slightly better than his first outing.  He got behind 3-0 after three innings after a Wille Randolph RBI single in the second and a Jack Clark two RBI double in the third but worked out of bases loaded jams in the fifth and sixth innings without giving up any further runs.  Meanwhile a pair of RBI singles - one by Cal Ripken in the fourth and the other by Pete Stanicek in the fifth - brought the Birds to within a run of tying the game.   But ultimately they fell short.  Dave Righetti came in in the ninth inning and notched his 23rd save of the season by striking out Eddie Murray, Butch Davis and Mickey Tettleton to end the game.

I spent the evening at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia at the Amnesty International Human Rights Now! concert.  I got to see Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Sting and Bruce Springsteen.  It was a pretty good show but way too big of a venue - I'm not a big fan of stadium concerts and JFK Stadium was probably the largest stadium I've ever seen a concert in.

One other significant event this day - out in California my sister gave birth to a little girl.  Sarah was the first grandchild for my parents and was born on my grandmother's 76th birthday.  Earlier this year Sarah gave birth to a little boy who was the first great-grandchild for my parents.