[size=18:d3bea63afe]Pittsburgh 1B Mike Diaz With 3 HR, 10 RBI Night in 17-0 Shea Massacre[/size:d3bea63afe]
<img src="http://fantasygames.sportingnews.com/images/baseball/stratomatic/1986/story_photos/mike_diaz_1_150x186.jpg" align="left" border="1" width="150" height="186" style="margin-right: 10px;" /> Pirates first baseman Mike Diaz made an otherworldly mark on the 1986 season by launching 3 homeruns and driving in 10 runs as [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=153][b:d3bea63afe]Pittsburgh absolutely crushed the New York Mets by the score of 17-0[/b:d3bea63afe][/url] at Shea Stadium on Monday night. Also brilliant were Rick Reuschel, who threw the CG shutout, and rookie leadoff hitter Barry Bonds, who hit his 2nd HR of the year.
Reporters were eager to get Diaz's feelings on his monster game, but unfortunately no one knew what he looked like or even remembered his name.
[b:d3bea63afe]In the AL:[/b:d3bea63afe] Minnesota youngster Kirby Puckett's 5-for-5 night helped the Twins send the [url=http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/1986/scores/boxscore.php?id=162][b:d3bea63afe]reeling Mariners to their 7th straight loss[/b:d3bea63afe][/url], despite Ken Phelps' 2 homeruns for Seattle.
[i:d3bea63afe]photo: SN Archives[/i:d3bea63afe]