[rpriske]

May 11th, 1986

Today the Cardinals are pitching Bob Kipper (2-3, 4.71).
The Giants are going with Terry Mulholland (1-2, 5.97).

Kipper is a rookie. I have never faced him.

I led off the game by grounding out to Tommy Herr at 2nd.
Ben Oglivie came up behind me and hit a solo homer.

Giants lead 1-0.

I made the 2nd out of the bottom half, on a turnabout play, throwing out Herr.

I also got the 2nd out in the 2nd, off a Terry Pendleton grounder.

I led off the 3rd by whiffing on a Kipper cutter.

I got the 2nd out in the 4th, catching an Oddibe McDowell pop. The Cards tied it up that inning when Jose Uribe singled home Andy Van Slyke with two outs.

Game tied 1-1.

I came up in the 5th with two out and struck out again.

Woof. My batting average is back down to .194

In the 8th Steve Stanicek pinch hit for Kenny Oberkfell (who is hitting worse than even me), and it paid off with a solo homer!
I came up with one out and Kipper struck me out for the third straight time! He has my number!

Giants lead 2-1.

Scott Garrelts took over pitching duties for us that inning. I got him the 1st out, taking a Vince Coleman grounder.
I was in a collision at 2nd when pinch runner Jim Reboulet barrelled into me to break up a double play. It was painful, but I shook it off.

Scott did the job for the save and we won 2-1!

Wow, I am in a slump!

We are at 21-11 and still trail the Reds by 1.5.

The team made a change on our off day. Curt Brown was sent back to AAA (after only facing one batter, and getting him out). They called up a pitcher named Randy Bockus. He is a 25 year old rookie, who wasn't tearing it up.
Randy seems like a smart guy and he is going in the rotation over Willie Fraser.

We are off to Chicago!