[rpriske]

May 7th, 1989

We finish with the Cardinals today, splitting so far.

St. Louis is pitching Terry Gilmore (1-4, 4.86).

The Giants have Scott Sanderson (2-1, 5.16).

I have very little exposure to Gilmore, but it has gone well. I am 2 for 3 against him.

I led off the home half of the first by grounding out to Frank White at 2nd.
Robby Thompson followed me with a solo homer.

Giants lead 1-0

I got the 1st out in the 2nd, catching a pop by Scott Fletcher.

I came up with one out in the 3rd and flew out to Vince Coleman in left.

In the 5th I came up with two out and Scott on 1st. I grounded out to White again.

I made a nice play to snag a Terry Pendleton liner for the last out of the top of the 6th.

In the 7th I started a Priske - Thompson - Hernandez double play to get Fletcher and Mike Brown.

Scott still had a shutout, but he used a lot of pitches to get there, so with a man on and two out in the 8th, Jim had to got to Bobby Thigpen. He got the 3rd out.

I came up with one out in the bottom of the 8th and grounded out to Fletcher at short.

Willie Fraser came it to nail the door closed in the 9th. Mark Davis has been used a lot lately and wasn't available.
I caught a Ruben Amaro pop with two men on for the 2nd out. One more guy and we had the tight, 1-0 win.

We were back to .500

I went 0 for 4. My batting average is down to .268

Tomorrow is a travel day and we are heading to Chicago.