[rpriske]

July 29th, 1986

Today the Dodgers are pitching Bob Welch (7-7, 2.68).
The Giants have Bruce Ruffin (9-5, 2.78).

Noen of us have faced Welch before, oddly. He has been around for years. How come nobody has seen him?

I kicked things off by hitting one off the right field wall for a triple! I scored on a one out single by Mike Aldrete.

Giants lead 1-0.

The Dodgers even it up right away with a Candy Maldonado double scoring Steve Sax.

Game tied 1-1.

In the 2nd Kenny Oberkfell scored on a wild pitch by Welch.

Giants lead 2-1.

I led off the 3rd by striking out.

I made my first defensive play int he bottom half, and it was nice one! I got to a Mariano Duncan grounder that looked like a sure single and threw him out.

We lost the lead in the 4th when Tim Wallach blasted a two run homer.

Dodgers lead 3-2.

I came up with one out in the 5th and took a ten pitch walk. I tried to steal but was gunned down on a pitchout.

I got the 1st out in the bottom half, off a Mookie Wilson grounder.

I got Mookie again in the 7th, grabbing his pop up for the 2nd out.

I came up with one out in the 8th, now facing Ken Howell. He struck me out. That was my 100th strikeout of the season, apparently.

Nestor lifted Bruce for Mark Davis with one out and one on in the 8th. He couldn't stop the inherited runner as Mariano Duncan stole 2nd and then scored on a Maldonado single. Candy went to 2nd on a passed ball and scored on a Tim Wallach single.

Dodgers lead 5-2.

We were unable to score in the 9th and it was over.

I went 1 for 3 with a triple, a walk, and a runs scored. Oh, and a caught stealing and two strikeouts.

The Reds lost so the Dodgers are back in 1st and we trail by 4 games.

Two days until the trading deadline...