[rpriske]

May 23rd, 1989

We are back in San Francisco and my family has come down from Victoria for the Expos series, as has become tradition.

I am still working on a tender wheel, though. And we are not playing especially well. We have lost four in a row and are 3 games below .500. Meanwhile, the Expos are three games ABOVE .500

Montreal is pitching Chuck Finley (6-2, 1.96).

The Giants have Scott Garrelts (4-3, 2.70).

I have done poorly against Finley, hitting 1 for 14.

They got a couple of baserunners in the 1st but didn't score, and then I led off the home half by flying out to Dave Parker in left.

I came up again in the 2nd, with two out, Jim Presley on 3rd, and Alan Cockrell on 2nd.
I flew out to Doug Snyder in right.

We got on the board in the 3rd when Keith Hernandez singled and then scored on a Ruben Sierra triple.

Giants lead 1-0

In the 4th I started a nice Priske - Thompson - Hernandez double play to get Chris Sabo and Rich Gedman to end the inning.

I came up in the bottom of the 4th with one out and Alan on 2nd.
I flew out to Parker again.
Alan ended up scoring on a single by Keith.

Giants lead 2-0

I led off in the 6th and finally picked up a hit - a soft single into right.
Then Keith walked.
Our old teammate, Atlee Hammaker, came in to pitch and he thumped Robby Thompson. Clearly accidental.
Rob Deer hit a grounder and I was thrown out at home on his fielder's choice.
After that, though, Keith and Robby scored on a single by Ruben and Rob scored on a single by Jim Presley.

Giants lead 5-0

With one on and one out in the 8th, Jim went to John Burkett.
He left the runner on.

I came up with two out in the 8th, now facing Mark Tindall. I reached on an error by Jose Offerman. (I kind of dispute that call. It should have been an infield single.)
I went to 2nd on a wild pitch, but that was all.

Mark Davis came in to pitch the 9th. Three batters later, we had the shutout and ended our losing streak.

I went 1 for 5 with a single. My batting average is down to .254