[rpriske]

June 25th, 1989

Finishing up in San Diego. The Padres are pitching Bryn Smith (3-7, 3.18).

The Giants have Rick Sutcliffe (3-6, 3.96).

I have gone 7 for 33, or .212, against Smith.

I led things off by flying out to Eric Young in centre.

I came up next in the 3rd with two out and Alan Cockrell on 2nd. I grounded out to John Kruk at 1st.

In the bottom half, Randy Ready scored on a double by Young.

Padres lead 1-0

I took care of an Armando Verdugo grounder for the 2nd out in the bottom of the 4th. I then did the same to Ozzie Guillen for the 3rd.

In the 5th we evened it up when Keith Hernandez scored on a Ruben Sierra single.

Game tied 1-1

I came up with one out in the 6th and grounded out to Kruk again.

I handled another Verdugo grounder to end the 6th.

The Padres got the lead back in the 7th when Junior Felix scored on a sac fly by Smith.

Padres lead 2-1

Bobby Thigpen took over for us in the 8th.

I led off the 9th, now facing Dennis Lamp. I dropped one into left for a single.
I moved to 2nd on a fly out by Ryan Klesko.
I moved to 3rd on a groundout by Robby Thompson.
Then Rob Deer grounded out and the game was over.

We lost a tight one.

I went 1 for 4 with a single.

We got an All-Star Voting Update after the game. I am still leading at SS. Mark Davis leads at RP. Alan Cockrell is in 2nd at C. Frank Viola is in 4th at SP. (That last one is ridiculous. Frank is killing it this year!)

Now we head to Houston.