[rpriske]

April 11th, 1993

As a team we are off to a terrible start. Personally, I am off to a great one.

I am batting .467 with an OPS of 1.112 and an OPS+ of 191.

0.4 WAR in only five games.

Today we are trying to take the series split against the Pirates, and go to 2-4.

They are pitching Mark Gubicza (1-0, 1.12).

The Giants have John Burkett (0-1, 21.60).

I am hitting seventh.

Dean Palmer homered to open the bottom of the 1st. Two pitches in and John is already behind.
A handful of batters later, Bip Roberts scored on a Jose Canseco sac fly.

Pirates lead 2-0

I led off the 3rd by grounding out to John Valentin at short.

In the 4th, Dave Nillson scored on a Marcus Carter triple.
Then Carter scored on a Gubicza sac fly.

Pirates lead 4-0

I came up with two out in the 5th and grounded one up the middle for a single.
Stolen base #4.
I was left there.

Bret Lachemann took over the for us on the mound in the 6th.
We turned a Priske - Grebeck - Davis double play behind him.

I came up in the 7th with one out and Ken Caminiti, Alvin Davis, and Craig Grebeck filling the bases. I popped out to Valentin at short.
Brutal. we scored nothing.

I got the final out of the 7th off a grounder by Steve Aastrom.

We finally got on the board in the 8th when Bryce Bernadin got a pinch hit triple and scored on an Otis Nixon sac fly.

Pirates lead 4-1

Joe Boever took the ball for us in the bottom of the inning.

I caught a Nilsson liner for the 2nd out.

I came up in the 9th with two out, Craig on 1st, and Mike Stanton on the mound. I grounded out to Valentin again.

We lost and are now 1-5.

I went 1 for 4 with a single and a stolen base.
But that pop out in the 7th haunts me.

Tomorrow we have got our home opener against one of the expansion teams, the Florida Marlins.