[rpriske]

April 6th, 1990

We are in L.A. to face the team we supposedly need to beat to repeat.

The Dodgers are pitching Dennis Rasmussen.

The Giants have John Burkett.

Rasmussen has spent the last bunch of years with the Yankees, so I have never faced him.

I led off the game by changing that with an infield hit.
I went to 3rd on an Alvin Davis single.
With one out, Harold Baines walked to load them up.
Somehow, we were unable to score.

The Dodgers did a little better in their half when Bill Spiers scored on a Kent Hrbek sac fly.
Then Phil Planter and Tim Wallach scored on a Benito Santiago double.

Dodgers lead 3-0

It got worse in the 2nd when John Wehner scored on a Spiers single.
Spiers scored on a Planter single.

Dodgers lead 5-0

I led off the 3rd with another infield hit.
I scored on a Ruben Sierra double.

Dodgers lead 5-1

In the bottom of the 3rd Santiago scored on a Wehner sac fly.

With two out in the 3rd, Jim finally pulled the plug and replaced John with Mike Antle.

Dodgers lead 6-1

In the 4th they hit us again, as Chili Davis scored on a Santiago single.
Plantier scored on a Gene Larkin sac fly after a dirty collision with Alan Cockrell at the plate.

Doing the when you are pounding us? Not cool.

Dodgers lead 8-1

I led off the 5th, grounding out to Spiers at short.

With one out and a man on in the 6th, Jim went to Mark Davis.
Things didn't get better as Hrbek ended up scoring on a Larkin single.

Dodgers lead 9-1

I was lifted for a pinch hitter in the 8th.

The score did not change.

What the hell.

We got crushed and now we have a bit of beef after that bull play by Plantier.


Big news out of San Diego. Tony Gwynn tore something and will miss four months. You hate to see that from a great player like him.