[rpriske]

March 11th, 1987

The Giants have WIllie Fraser facing the Astros and Derek Livernois.

I lead off the game by taking a walk. At 1 &1 they tried a pitch out when I wasn't running, but I guess I strayed a little far so catcher Craig Biggio tried to pick me off 1st. He threw it away and I went to 2nd anyway.
With one out I stole 3rd and then scored on a Steve Stanicek single.

Giants lead 1-0.

I came up in the 2nd with one out and Alan Cockrell on 2nd. I grounded one to Dickie Thon but he made a mess of it and I was safe on his error. Alan moved to 3rd. I quickly stole 2nd. We are unable to cash in.

In the bottom half Jeffrey Leonard hit one deep to tie the game. Later Thon scored on a Tim Jones groundout. I should have gotten the last out but after fielding a Wes Clements grounder I threw it away. Error on me. It was costly as Clements ended up scoring on a Livernois single.

Astros lead 3-1.

They struck again in the 3rd when Glenn Davis scored on a Dave Gallagher double.

Astros lead 4-1.

I came up with two out in the 4th and grounded out to Thon. This time he made the play.

I got the 1st out in the bottom half, grabbing a Clements grounder. Before the inning was up, though, Keith Hernandez scored on a Biggio single.

Astros lead 5-1.

Frank Williams took over pitching for us in the 5th. I got the 3rd out for him, on yet another Clements grounder.

In the 6th Mike Aldrete hit a pinch-hit, two out, two run homer. I was lifted for a pinch hitter after that.

The game ended up going long. We lost 6-5 in 15 innings.