[rpriske]

June 8th, 1992

At home to face the Reds. We have won two in a row.

The Reds are pitching Jim Abbott (2-5, 4.01).

The Giants have Rod Nichols (1-5, 4.76).

I am hitting seventh.

I took care of an Eric Davis grounder for the 3rd out in the 2nd.

The Reds got not eh board first in the 3rd, when Rafael Serra scored on a Carlos Baerga single.
We turned a Thompson - Priske - Lewis double play to end the frame.

Reds lead 1-0

I led off the bottom of the 3rd by outrunning an infield hit to 1st. I was our first base runner of the game.
And I blew it. I was thrown out trying to steal 2nd.

I next came up in the 5th, with Craig Grebeck on 2nd. I lined out to Serra at short.

We took the lead in the 6th when Robby Thompson and Ryan Klesko scored on a Jerry Browne triple!

Giants lead 2-1

After the first two batters in the 7th got on, Matt brought in Scott Service.
Mark McGwire scored on a Shawn Twillie sac fly.
I took care of a grounder by pinch hitter Brian Harper.

Game tied 2-2

I led off the bottom of the 7th, now facing Mark Guthrie. I grounded out to Baerga at short.

Shawon Dunston pinch hit for Rick and ended up reaching on an error by Paul Molitor, and then scoring on another error by Molitor.

Giants lead 3-2

Bryan Hickerson took the ball for us in the 8th. Aaron Morris took over for Mark Lewis at 1st in a double switch.

Mark Ross got the nod for the 9th, trying to shut it down for the save.
He struck out the first two and then I dealt with an Eric Davis grounder to end the game and give us the win.

I went 1 for 3 with a single and a caught stealing.

We are up to #16 on the Weekly Power Rankings and, more importantly, have passed the Padres so we are now in 4th in the NL West.