[rpriske]

September 5th, 1988

Here we go. The Padres are in town. They lead the division by five games over the Dodgers and six over us. They have a Magic Number of 22.

We need to win, and win, and win.

They are pitching Mark Langston (16-12, 2.87).

The Giants have Frank Viola (16-8, 2.09).

I have gone 7 for 29, or .179, against Langston.

Let's go.

In the 1st we turned a Thompson - Priske - Aldrete double play to get Randy Ready and Tony Gwynn to end the inning.

Then I led off the bottom half by grounding out to Ready at 3rd.

I got the 2nd out in the 2nd off an Ozzie Guillen pop. I then took care of a Carmelo Martinez grounder for the 3rd.

I came up in the 3rd with none out and Frank on 1st. I hit it to Harold Reynolds at 2nd for a double play.

The Padres opened the scoring in the 5th when Martinez hit a deep solo homer. After that I took care of a Reynolds grounder for the 3rd out.

Padres lead 1-0

I came up with one out in the 6th and managed a walk. I was thrown out trying to steal 2nd.

I handled a Reynolds grounder for the 2nd out in the 8th. That was followed by a solo shot by Ready.

Padres lead 2-0

I came up in the 8th with two out and pinch hitter Chris Brown on 2nd. I flew out to Martinez in left.

Mark Davis came in to pitch the 9th for us.
He gave up a lead off single to John Kruk followed by an RBI triple to Junior Felix.
I caught a Martinez pop for out #2.
Felix scored on a Rick Cerone double.

Padres lead 4-0

And that was it. Shut out.

I went 0 for 3 with a walk and a caught stealing.