[rpriske]

October 2nd, 1985

The Astros are in town and are pitching Mike Scott (13-15, 3.59).
The Giants have Terry Mulholland (7-13, 5.41).

I am 3 for 9 vs Scott. That is pretty good.

I led off the bottom of the 1st by grounding out to Doug DeCinces at third.

In the 2nd I returned the favour, throwing out DeCinces for the 1st out.

I came up in the 3rd with one out and Mulholland on 1st. I struck out.

In the 4th the 'Stros opened the scoring when Jerry Mumphrey crossed on a Jose Cruz groundout. Then Ken Landreaux singled, scoring Keith Hernandez and DeCinces. All the run scame after a Kenny Oberkfell error so they were unearned, but they still showed up on the scoreboard.

Astros lead 3-0.

In the bottom half Chili Davis hit a solo homer to narrow the gap.

Astros lead 3-1.

In the 5th I came up with one out and Terry Harper on 2nd. I struck out again.

In the 7th Ron Hassey belted a two run homer.

Astros lead 5-1.

With two out and a man on in the 8th, Nestor went with Frank Williams to finish the inning.

After he got his out, Chris Brown pinch hit for him and got a single, which brought me up. I flew out to Mumphrey in right.

Curt Brown came in to pitch the 9th. I got the 2nd out for him, off a Dickie Thon grounder.

It never got any better and we lost 5-1.

The Giants are now 78-80.

I went 0 for 4.

The Mariners clinched the AL West today. It is only the AL East still up in the air, with he Blue Jays and Tigers tied and the Red Sox back by a couple of game.

With the Giants out, I know all of Victoria is hoping for Seattle vs Toronto.

Hey, some good news for the last few days of the season... Colin Ward was activated from the D.L.

Speaking of... I checked out how my buddy Dave Linton was doing. He is in Fresno and... yeah. Things have not gone well for him.