Circling back on this.
Damn! I was actually close. The worthless shit that sticks in a 10 year old’s brain until he’s well in to his 40s.
The June ‘92 game referenced above with the Inky HR was June 21 against the dodgers (part of a 3 game set we swept by a combined score of 5-1)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU199206210.shtml
The game I was at was a week earlier, when Inky had two HRs (and 7 RBIs)…(back when this game was a proper sport and you used an actual pitcher (if you can call Rob Mallicoat (?) that) to close out a game you’re up 15-3 going to the 9th instead of a position player.)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/HOU/HOU199206140.shtml
Making the most of being the program cover boy for June of ‘92
Speaking of “back when this game was a proper sport”, I don’t know what’s more impressive: the entire can of skoal tucked under his lip, or busting it from 2nd to 3rd with the can in your back pocket