[rpriske]

May 10th, 1985

We;ve got Atlee Hammaker facing Dave LaPoint and the Cards.

I feel good about our chances today.

That went away quickly as the Cardinals scored twice in the top of the 1st.

I led off the bottom of the 1st and LaPoint struck me out.

I handled a grounder by Lonnie Smith to get the 3rd out in the 2nd.

St.Louis scored again in the 3rd. 3-0.

I came up in the 3rd with two out and Kenny Oberkfell on 3rd. I couldn't get it done. I grounded out to Bill Lyons at short.

In the 6th I came up with two out and the bases empty. I grounded out to Lyons again.

Frank Williams took eh mound for us in the 7th. I got the 3rd out for him in the 8th, handling a Juan Beniquez grounder.

The Cards scored two more times in the top of the 9th. We had five runs to make up.

I got my last chance with one out and nobody on. I grounded to short again, but this time it was Darrel Thomas playing there and he mucked it up. I was safe on his throwing error. Chris Brown hit into a double play and it was over.

5-0 Cardinals. We only managed 3 hits (and none were mine.)

No win for Atlee and now we are using Jeff Robinson, who has yet to get a win at all. The Cards are throwing John Stuper at us. I haven't faced him yet.