Marcus Youngquist had a two-run double, and later scored to help Rock Island rally from a 3-0 deficit for a 6-4 baseball victory Tuesday.

Yet, Rock Island's senior captain was hard-pressed to recall the details of his big day at the plate when pressed later.

``If it were any other game, I could probably tell you,'' Youngquist apologized. ``But this was a whole different ballgame.''

Indeed, it was.

The Rocks didn't just beat Minneapolis South. They beat them in the big-league digs of the Minnesota Twins, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.

``It was so overwhelming to be playing on a major-league field, it didn't even matter if we won or lost,'' confessed Dan Morrison, Youngquist's co-captain. ``Just the once-in-a-lifetime experience was enough. What an honor.''

The Rocks get that honor one more time today, also against Minneapolis South. The opportunity to play on a field that's hosted a pair of World Series in the last 14 years came about because the South coach is a friend of former Rocks coach Gary Bender.

``Playing right field, all I could think about were all of the great players that had stood in that spot before me,'' Youngquist said during a long-distance telephone call. ``And getting a drink at the drinking fountain, I thought, `Man, guys like Derek Jeter have used this same fountain.'''

Rocky's coaches had to pinch themselves, too.

``What a thrill to be standing in a place you see on TV, and in the same third-base coaches box where the coaches for the Yankees and the other Major League teams stand,'' said Rocks head coach Andy Campbell. ``It was easy to get caught up in the atmosphere because it's like a dream come true.''

In fact, Campbell and Youngquist agreed, it took the Rocks about four innings to wake from their big-league bliss and get down to the business of winning a baseball game.

Tuesday's come-from-behind victory was their sixth win in nine games. Justin DeGeeter (3-1) was the pitcher of record for Rocky.

``The win was secondary, though,'' Campbell said, noting Twins great Tony Oliva threw out the ball for Tuesday's game, and greeted all of the players. ``What mattered is the kids enjoyed the experience of a lifetime.

``We saw a Twins game the night before, and were part of a crowd of 46,000. And then, the next morning we're on that same field, and it hardly mattered there was only a crowd of 46.''

Actually, there were more people there, but not many more.

``It was kind of weird being out there because it was so quiet,'' Morrison said. ``It also seemed so much bigger on TV.''

Youngquist's double proved the latter.

``I thought I'd flied out,'' he said. ``Instead, it almost went out. I got a nice bounce on the carpet in center, and it bounced over the wall (for a ground-rule double).''

Morrison will also carry with him forever the memory of his stand-up double down the third-base line.

However, the over-riding recollections will be all the little moments, he said.