[rpriske]

September 1st, 1987

With my family still in town, I hope we can put on a bit better show for them.

Today the Expos are pitching Bryan Clutterbuck (1-16, 7.15).

The Giants have Rick Sutcliffe (10-9, 3.43).

I have gone only 1 for 9 vs Clutterbuck.

I led off the bottom of the 1st by grounding out to Mark McLemore at 2nd.

In the 2nd the Expos opened the scoring when Thomas Howard crossed on a Bryan Dayett sac fly.

Expos lead 1-0

We grabbed the lead in the bottom half when Rob Deer and John Rabb scored on a double by Rick Sutcliffe.
I flew out to end it.

Giants lead 2-1

I came up in the 4th with two out and Alan Cockrell on 1st. I grounded out to Pedro Guerrero at 3rd.

In the 5th Chili Davis smacked a two run homer.

Giants lead 4-1

Mark Clear took over pitching for us in the 6th. He double switched with Bobby Grich taking over at 2nd for Robby Thompson.

I led off in the 7th, now facing Keith Comstock, making his major league debut. I struck out.

I made my first defensive play in the 8th, taking care of a McLemore grounder for the 1st out.
With a man out Dennis Eckersley came in, with a double switch that saw Tom O'Malley taking over for Mike Aldrete at 1st.
Guerrero immediately doubled, scoring Jose Oquendo from 1st. Then Guerrero scored on a Thomas Howard single. I caught a Tim Flannery pop to end the threat.

Giants lead 4-3

In the 9th Eck struck out the first two and then I handled a grounder from pinch-hitter Joey Cora to end the game.

We got the win, which was great, but I played pretty badly. I went 0 for 4.