[rpriske]

March 23rd, 1985

The boys took me out last night to celebrate my birthday... that is, they tried to.

I got carded. I'm still only 17 after all.

Today we face Dwight Gooden and the Mets.

In the 1st he got me to fly out to right field.

I successfully fielded a ground ball by Rafael Santana in the 2nd and Mike Fitzgerald in the 3rd.

In the 4th I grounded out to second base. Gooden had gone all he way through our lineup without allowing a baserunner. John Rabb ended that this inning, but we still didn't score and were trailing 1-0.

In the 6th I came up with Scott Bradley on 2nd and one out, now facing Brent Gaff. I fared no better and grounded out to second again.

In the 7th I tool a throw from Bradley behind the dish to try and nail Michael Westbrook stealing, but it was no good. Scotty later nailed Westbrook getting greedy and also trying to steal 3rd.

In the 8th I ended an attempted New York rally by fielding a grounder by John Christensen and getting Kevin Mitchell going to second. Tight game. We were tied 1-1. In the bottom half I was pinch-hit for by Scot Thompson.

The game went to 10 innings... when the Mets unloaded on us and we lost 7-1.

The Giants have the worst Spring record in either league. We are 3-16.