[rpriske]

May 25th, 1990

We are in Pittsburgh and the Pirates are pitching Mark Gubicza (2-3, 2.53).

The Giants have our newest arm, Roy Smith, in his first appearance of the year.

I have had little exposure to Gubicza, but have gone 2 for 4.

I led things off by grounding out to Charlie Montoyo at short.

I got the 1st out in the bottom half off a Willie McGee grounder.

I came up in the 2nd with two out, Ryan Klesko on 3rd, and Tim Naehring on 2nd. I grounded out to Scott Bryant at 3rd.

I took care of a Kirk Gibson grounder for the final out in the 2nd.

In the 3rd, Bryant scored on a McGee groundout.

Pirates lead 1-0

I came up with one out in the 5th. I grounded out to Bryant again.

Things went better after that as Harold Baines scored on a Ruben Sierra double. Then Ruben and Alvin Davis scored on a Robby Thompson single.

Giants lead 3-1

I came up with two out in the 6th, now facing Mike Stanton. I blooped one into left for a single.
Stolen base #38
I scored on a double by Harold.

Giants lead 4-1

Alvin led off the 7th with a home run.

Giants lead 5-1

I came up in the 8th, with one out, Tim on 1st, and Charles Hudson pitching.
Tim went to 2nd on a wild pitch and then they got a double play when I flew out to McGee in centre and he threw out Tim trying to go to 3rd.

With a man on 2nd in the bottom frame, Jim brought in Bobby Thigpen.
He got out of it.

Things didn't go quite as well in the 9th as Gibson scored on a Montoyo double.
Then Bryant scored on a McGee groundout.
Bobby got the 3rd out, though, and the Giants won 5-3.

I went 1 for 5 with a single, a run scored, and a stolen base.

Good outing for Roy. Welcome to the team.