[rpriske]

September 19th, 1987

The Reds are in town!

They are pitching Steve Trout (8-2, 3.48).

The Giants have Bruce Ruffin (18-10, 2.89).

I have limited exposure to Trout, going 1 for 3.

I led off our half of the game by flying out to Eric Davis in centre.

I got the 3rd out in the 2nd off a Kurt Stillwell grounder.

In the 2nd Rob Deer and Robby Thompson walked and then Rob scored on a Scott Bradley single. Chris Brown singled to juice the bases. Bruce helped the cause by singling home Robby. I lined out and Mike Aldrete flew out before Chili Davis singled, scoring Scott and Chris.

Giants lead 4-0

A couple of singles and a couple of errors led to Al Newman scoring in the 3rd. Another single and another error led to both Tracy Jones and Kal Daniels scoring. Claudell Washington scored on a Davis sac fly. We gave away a four run lead with three unearned runs.

Game tied 4-4

I took a Newman grounder for the 3rd out in the 4th.

I came up with one out in the 4th, facing Ronald Warren. I flew out to Daniels in left.

The 5th... went well.
Chili led off with a double. Steve Stanicek walked. With one out Robby doubled, scoring both runners. With two out Scott was walked intentionally to face Bruce. Bruce was UNintentionally walked to load the bases. I singled, scoring Robby. Mike singled, scoring Chris and Bruce. Chili walked, loading us back up. Steve singled, scoring me and Mike.

Giants lead 11-4

I took an Eric Davis grounder for the 2nd out in the 6th. I made a great play on an Ernie Whitt grounder for the 3rd.

I came up in the 6th with two out, Robby on 3rd, and Scott on 2nd. Wayne Rosenthal was pitching. I flew out to Daniels again.

Nestor went with some pinch hitters in the 7th and they made the most of it. Kelvin Torre singled. With one out Steve singled. Rob Deer singled, scoring Kelvin. With two out Scott singled, scoring Steve. Then Chris singled, scoring Rob.

Giants lead 14-4

In the 8th pinch runner Nick Esasky scored on a single by pinch hitter Pat Dodson. After that Nestor brought in Scott Service to pitch.

Giants lead 14-5

I led off the bottom of the 8th against Frank Castillo. I grounded out right back to him.

I got the first guy in the top of the 9th - a ground out by Whitt. Two more and we had win #7 in a row.

I went 1 for 6 with a single, an RBI, and a run scored.