[rpriske]

April 20th, 1988

Today the Giants have Ace Frank Viola (2-0, 2.35) going against the Reds and Scott Terry (0-1, 5.91).

I have only faced Terry once, going 2 for 3.

I opened up the game by taking a walk. With one out, Chili Davis singled, moving me up a base. Then Rob Deer singled and I scored.

Giants lead 1-0

The Reds tied it up in the bottom half when Frank threw the 3rd out away, allowing Will Clark to score from 2nd.

Game tied 1-1

I came up in the 2nd with two out and John Rabb on 2nd. I hit one deep at short for an infield single, moving John to 3rd. Mike Aldrete hit one deep to centre, but it was caught.

I got the 1st out in the bottom of the inning, off a grounder by Kurt Stillwell.
With two out, Dave Parker homered.

Reds lead 2-1

Then in the 3rd, Claudell Washington scored on a Clark triple.

Reds lead 3-1

I led off the 5th by taking my 2nd walk.
With one out, Chili Davis hit a two run dinger!

Game tied 3-3

We took the lead in the 6th when John scored on a triple by... Frank!
I came up with two out and Frank on 1st. The Reds made a pitching change, bringing in Ronald Warren to face me. I grounded one down the 3rd base line, but Nick Esasky handled it for the 3rd out.

Giants lead 4-3

The Reds got it back in the 7th when Ernie Whitt scored on an Al Newman single.

Game tied 4-4

I came up in another key situation in the 8th. Two out with Brian Giles on 3rd and Frank on 1st. Greg Cadaret was on the mound. I walked, loading them up. Mike Aldrete struck out.

In the bottom half we made a nice Thompson - Priske - Aldrete double play to get Esasky and Stillwell out.

In the 9th Brian Giles hit a sac fly, scoring Chili, giving us the lead again.

Giants lead 5-4

Scott Garrelts came in to try and stop them there. I got him the first guy - a Dave Parker grounder for the 1st out. He held on for the save and we had the win!

I went 1 for 2 with a single, THREE walks, and two runs scored.