[rpriske]

April 20th, 1987

We got from one of the weakest teams in the league to one of the strongest. The Dodgers are in town.

They are pitching Joe Niekro (0-1, 4.63).

The Giants are using Terry Mulholland (0-1,8.22).

Terry really needs to bounce back from a tough start to the season.

The Dodgers struck early as Dave Winfield pushed Steve Sax across with a double in the 1st.

Dodgers lead 1-0

I led off our half by popping up to Candy Maldonado in left.

I made the 2nd out in the 2nd by snagging a Mookie Wilson liner.

I then got the 2nd out in the 3rd off a Sax grounder.

I came up in the 3rd with two out and Bobby Grich on 1st. I lined out to Maldonado.

I started a nice Priske - Grich - Aldrete double play to get Darrell Evans and Benito Santiago to end the top of the 4th.

Chris Brown tied it up with a solo shot to left to lead off our half of the 5th.
I came up with two out and grounded out to Dave Anderson at short.

Game tied 1-1

I got the last out in the top of the 6th of an Evans grounder.

I then got the 2nd out in the 7th off a Mookie grounder and then the 3rd out of one by Niekro.

Rob Deer led off the bottom of the 7th with another boomer to give us the edge. I grounded out to end the inning.

Giants lead 2-1

Unfortunately, when Dave Winfield hit one out in the 8th, there was a man on.

Dodgers lead 3-2

And that is where it stayed.

I went 0 for 4 in a losing effort.

With that we slipped behind the Reds in the standings.