[rpriske]

July 9th, 1987

We are in St.Louis too ace the Cardinals and Greg Mathews (6-5, 3.90).

The Giants are going with Eric Show (6-9, 4.44).

I have gone 1 for 4 vs Mathews.

I led off the game by striking out.

I got the 2nd out in the bottom half, taking a Tom Herr grounder.

I led off the 3rd by returning the favour, grounding out to Herr at 2nd.
Mike Aldrete followed me with a solo homer.

Giants lead 1-0

The Cards tied it up with an RBI double by Herr, scoring Mathews.

Game tied 1-1

I came up with one out in the 5th and flew out to Oddibe McDowell in centre.

I handled a Jack Ayer grounder for the 1st out in the bottom half.

In the 6th Rob Deer scored on a Scott Bradley double.

Giants lead 2-1

Once again the lead was short lived as Mike Marshall scored on a single by Terry Pendleton and an error by Chili Davis.

Game tied 2-2

I came up with two out in the 7th and grounded out to Pendleton at 3rd.

I made the last out of the inning by taking a Herr grounder again.

I caught a McDowell pop for the last out in the 8th.

Dennis Eckersley took the mound for us in the 9th, hoping to push the game to extras.
He only faced one batter as Pendleton put one over the right field wall to walk off.

We lost and I went 0 for 4.

We just heard that Goose Gossage has been traded from the Padres to the Braves. Even a vet isn't safe. I wonder if I will ever be traded.