[rpriske]

May 24th, 1988

In New York to take on the Mets, and today that means Dwight Gooden (7-2, 2.73).

The Giants have Eric Show (5-3, 2.98).

I have gone 7 for 32, or .219, against Gooden.

I kicked off the game by striking out on three pitches.

I next came up with two out in the 3rd and I legged out an infield single, but got no further.

The Mets opened the scoring in the 4th when Gerald Young scored on a Kevin Mitchell groundout.

Mets lead 1-0

I made my first defensive play in the 5th, handling a Gooden grounder for the 3rd out.

I came up with one out in the 6th and hit one right in front of the plate which Carlton Fisk fielded and threw me out.

I took care of a Lenny Dykstra grounder for the 2nd out in the bottom of the 6th. Then I caught a Darryl Strawberry pop for the 3rd.

We even things up in the 8th when Brian Giles led off with a home run.
I came up with one out and grounded out to Hubie Brooks at short.

Game tied 1-1

In the bottom half I took care of a Dykstra grounder for the 2nd out and a Strawberry grounder for the 3rd out.

When the Mets threatened to get the walk-off win, we answered with a Priske - Thompson - Aldrete double play to get Johnny Ray and Brooks to end the inning and send us to the 10th.

In the 10th I came up with two out, now facing Randy Myers. I flew out to Dykstra in centre.

Mark Davis came in to pitch for us in the 10th. He allowed a couple of baserunners, but sent us to the 11th.

He pitched two and then Scott Garrelts came in to pitch in the 12th.

I led off the 13th against David Wells. I grounded out to Brooks again.

In the 14th Scott ran into a bit of trouble so Jim brought in Jeff Robinson and Steve Stanciek in a double switch, taking out Ruben Sierra. Jeff got the 3rd out and sent us to the 15th.

But it ended in the 15th when Dykstra scored on a single by William Max, who had been in the game since the 10th when Wally Joyner had been lifted for a pinch runner.

After a long game, we still got the loss.

I went 1 for 6 with just a single.