[rpriske]

October 2nd, 1988

The last day of the season.

For us, anyway.

The Dodgers are pitching Orel Hershiser (19-10, 2.53).

The Giants have Rick Sutcliffe (17-11, 2.74).

Let's keep Hershiser from hitting 20, shall we?

I have gone 10 for 49, or .204, against Hershiser.

I led off by walking on five pitches.
Stolen base #142. My new best.
I moved to 3rd on a Mike Aldrete groundout, but was left there.

I got the 1st out in the bottom of the 2nd off a Benito Santiago grounder.

I came up next with two out in the 3rd and grounded out to Kent Hrbek at 1st.

I took care of a Dave Anderson grounder for the last out in the 4th.

I led off the 6th with my second walk of the game.
I went to 2nd on a single by Mike and 3rd on a flyball by Chili Davis.
I was left on 3rd for the second time in the game.

Santiago broke the stalemate in the 7th with a solo homer.
I made a really good play on a Hershisher grounder for the last out of the inning.

Dodgers lead 1-0

I led off the 8th by grounding out to Tim Wallach at 3rd.

I got the 1st out in the bottom half off a Steve Sax grounder.
I got the 2nd out off a Dave Winfield fielder's choice.

We were unable to score in the 9th and lost 1-0.

It is a shame things had to go down like this in the end.

I am no fan of Jim Lowe. If he is around next season, I need to make peace with that.

We ended up 85-77, in 3rd place in the division, 6 games back of the Padres.