[rpriske]

August 26th, 1985

Back in Canada to face the Expos.

Montreal is pitching Ed Whitson (8-6, 3.19).
The Giants have Mike Krukow (10-11, 4.14) on the mound.

I have done well against Whitson, going 3 for 7.

Things don't go as well right away as he strike some out to open the game.

I cam up next in the 3rd with two out and nobody on. He struck me out again.

I made my first defensive play in the 4th, grabbing a Pat Tabler grounder for the 2nd out. Leon Durham followed it with a solo homer.

Expos lead 1-0.

I came up in the 6th with Mike Krukow on 1st and nobody out. I singled up the middle, moving Mike to 2nd. Kenny Oberkfell followed with a double, scoring Krukow and moving me to 3rd. They gave Chili Davis the four-fingered salute to load the bags. They struck out Rob Deer and then pulled Whitson in favour of Vern Ruhle. He induced a simple grounder by Bob Brenly, getting me at home and doubling Bob off at first. Talk about a missed opportunity!

Game tied 1-1.

In the bottom half I took a grounder from Durham to end the inning with a man standing on 3rd.

I was due up in the 7th with two on and two out but Nestor decided to go with Mike Hargrove instead, ending my day early. We ended up scoring during his at-bat on a wild pitch by Ruhle. Hargrove ended up walking. We got no more runs but took the lead.

Then meant Tom O'Malley ended up playing short. He is NOT a shortstop.

The Expos ended up tying it back up in the 8th, sending the game to extras. Rob Deer hit an RBI single in the 13th to give us the 3-2 win.

We are 64-60.

I went 1 for 3 before being lifted.