[rpriske]

August 6th, 1991

Another day in front of the worst fans in baseball.

Today the Braves are pitching Oscar Munoz (2-0, 2.37).

The Giants have Frank Viola (10-7, 3.47).

I have very little exposure to Munoz, going 0 for 3.

But I am back hitting leadoff!

I kicked things off by flying out to Ron Gant in left.

Jeff Bagwell led off the bottom half with a home run.

Braves lead 1-0

Thangs went better for us in the 2nd. First Alvin Davis scored on a wild pitch and then Rick Cerone scored on a Craig Grebeck single.
That was followed by a two run homer by Ryan Klesko.
I grounded out to end the inning.

Giants lead 4-1

But then came the bottom of the 2nd and a two run homer by Jeff Blauser.

I took care of a Jerome Walton grounder for the 2nd out.

Giants lead 4-3

Then, in the bottom of the 3rd, Gant hit a two run homer.

Braves lead 5-4

We tied it back up in the top of the 4th when Craig scored on a Tim Naehring single.

Game tied 5-5

I led off the 5th by flying out to Andre Dawson in right.

With a man on to lead off the bottom of the 5th, Matt brought in Mike Scott.

I caught a Dawson pop for the first out in the bottom of the 6th.

I came up with one out in the 7th, now facing Narciso Elvira. I grounded out back to the pitcher.

Mark Ross took the ball for us in the bottom of the 7th.

In the bottom of the 8th, Gant blasted a three-run homer.

Matt brought in Scott Service after that.
He got two out but also loaded the bases and Matt went to Bryan Hickerson.
He got out of it.

Braves lead 8-5

We couldn't close the gap and lost again.

I went 0 for 4.