[Mick]

Clark hit second that day  I believe.  HR was his first major league swing.   HR to straight away CF.  Which was darn hard to do in the Astrodome.  IIRC Nolan struck him out second time up.

Correct. When he got back on the bench, Clark says to Chili Davis "He's going to knock me down next time I go up there, isn't he?" Davis says "Yup." And he did. Clark struck out looking.  Good game though, Giants and Krukow got the win on Opening Day, 8-3. They had a really fun team that year, Al Rosen's first team; Clark, Robby, Chili, Hac-Man, Gladden, Chris Brown, Uribe and Brenly behind the plate. Aldrete, Candy Maldonado, Harry Spilman off the bench. Kruk won 20. Garrelts went 13-9. 4th best fielding team, stole the 5th most bases, had the third fewest HRs.

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[Mick]

Clark hit second that day  I believe.  HR was his first major league swing.   HR to straight away CF.  Which was darn hard to do in the Astrodome.  IIRC Nolan struck him out second time up.

Correct. When he got back on the bench, Clark says to Chili Davis "He's going to knock me down next time I go up there, isn't he?" Davis says "Yup." And he did. Clark struck out looking.  Good game though, Giants and Krukow got the win on Opening Day, 8-3. They had a really fun team that year, Al Rosen's first team; Clark, Robby, Chili, Hac-Man, Gladden, Chris Brown, Uribe and Brenly behind the plate. Aldrete, Candy Maldonado, Harry Spilman off the bench. Kruk won 20. Garrelts went 13-9. 4th best fielding team, stole the 5th most bases, had the third fewest HRs.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes...4080.shtml

https://youtube.com/shorts/s8ErztkL_fQ?feature=shared