[rpriske]

September 30th, 1987

We are in L.A. and the Dodgers are pitching Orel Hershiser (12-13, 3.01).

The Giants are going with Bruce Ruffin (19-10, 3.02).

I have gone only 4 for 33 vs Hershiser.

I led off the game by grounding out to Dave Anderson at short.

I got the final out of the inning off a grounder by Dave Winfield.

I came up with one out in the 3rd and hit a dribbler handled by catcher Benito Santiago.

I got the 2nd out in the bottom of the 4th, catching a Darrell Evans liner.

I came up with one out in the 5th and struck out.

I got the 1st out in the bottom half off a Chuck Lynn grounder. I then did the same to Steve Sax for the 3rd.

In th e6th I started a Priske - Thompson - Aldrete double play to get Tim Wallach and Winfield out.

I came up in the 7th with one out and Chris Brown on 1st. I struck out again.

Dennis Eckersley took over for us int he bottom of the 9th in a scoreless game.
It looks like no 20 win season for Bruce this year.
Tom O'Malley also replaced Chris at 3rd in a double switch.

In fact, we couldn't hold it as we made our third and fourth errors of the game in the 9th and lost 1-0 because of it.

I went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.


We got some big news after the game... Chili Davis was named the NL Batter of the Month for September! Bryan Hickerson was named NL Rookie of the Month!