The Giants opened up their home schedule with a three-game sweep of the rival Dodgers. Game one of the series needed a comeback, but San Francisco cruised to victories in games two and three, including a one-hit shutout from Scott Garrelts in the finale. Garrelts has opened the season with two straight shutouts. The Giants have won six in a row.
7-1 sim, 5-3 actual
April 10 — sim W 5-3 — actual L 7-4
April 11 — sim W 4-2 — actual L 8-3
April 12 — sim W 4-0 — actual W 3-1
April 10: Mike Scioscia put the Dodgers in front at 3-2 with a two-run homer in the top of the seventh. But to lead off the eighth, Will Clark singled, Kevin Mitchell hit an RBI double and Candy Maldonado launched a two-run homer for the come-from-behind win.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (3) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (5)
1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Willie Randolph 4 0 2 1 Brett Butler 4 1 1 0
Alfredo Griffin 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 2 0
Kirk Gibson 4 0 1 0 Will Clark 4 1 3 1
Eddie Murray 3 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 1 1 1
Mike Marshall 3 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 4 2 1 2
John Shelby 4 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 4 0 1 0
Jeff Hamilton 3 1 0 0 Matt Williams 3 0 0 0
Mike Scioscia 3 2 1 2 Jose Uribe 4 0 0 0
Orel Hershiser AYZ 2 0 0 0 Don Robinson BZ 2 0 0 0
Ernest Riles 1 0 1 0
Kirt Manwaring 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 3 5 3 TOTALS 34 5 10 4
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 001 000 200 -- 3
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 010 010 03x -- 5
LOB--1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 4, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
7. ERR--Willie Randolph, Jose Uribe. 2B--Willie Randolph,
Kevin Mitchell, Ernest Riles. HR--Mike Scioscia, Candy
Maldonado. SACB--Orel Hershiser AYZ. SB--Robby Thompson.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Orel Hershiser AYZ [L] 7.00 10 5 4 1 2 1
Jay Howell A&CYZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Don Robinson BZ 7.00 3 3 2 3 3 1
Atlee Hammaker DZ [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Mike LaCoss CB [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
WP--Orel Hershiser AYZ. SO--John Shelby, Alfredo Griffin
(2), Mike Marshall, Kirk Gibson, Jose Uribe, Candy
Maldonado, Will Clark. BB--Jeff Hamilton, Mike Marshall,
Eddie Murray, Matt Williams, Kevin Mitchell.
April 11: The first four Giants got base hits to start the first inning, with a single by Brett Butler, a triple by Robby Thompson, a single by Will Clark and a two-run homer by Kevin Mitchell, making it 4-0. San Francisco would only get one more hit the rest of the way, but it would be enough.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4) 1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Willie Randolph 5 0 1 0 Brett Butler 4 1 1 0 Alfredo Griffin 5 1 1 0 Robby Thompson 4 1 1 1 Kirk Gibson 4 1 1 0 Will Clark 4 1 1 1 Eddie Murray 4 0 2 1 Kevin Mitchell 4 1 1 2 Mike Marshall 4 0 2 0 Candy Maldonado 2 0 0 0 John Shelby 2 0 0 1 Terry Kennedy 2 0 1 0 Jeff Hamilton 4 0 1 0 Matt Williams 3 0 0 0 Mike Scioscia 4 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Tim Leary CYZ 2 0 0 0 Kelly Downs DYZ 2 0 0 0 Mariano Duncan 1 0 0 0 Ernest Riles 1 0 0 0 Mickey Hatcher 1 0 1 0 TOTALS 36 2 9 2 TOTALS 29 4 5 4 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 100 010 -- 2 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 400 000 00x -- 4 LOB--1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 9, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 4. ERR--Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson. 2B--Eddie Murray. 3B--Robby Thompson. HR--Kevin Mitchell. SACF--John Shelby. SB--Kirk Gibson. 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Tim Leary CYZ [L] 6.00 5 4 4 3 5 1 Tim Crews BXZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Kelly Downs DYZ [W] 7.00 7 1 1 1 10 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ [S] 2.00 2 1 0 0 1 0 SO--Mike Scioscia, John Shelby (2), Willie Randolph, Alfredo Griffin, Tim Leary CYZ, Jeff Hamilton, Mariano Duncan, Kirk Gibson (2), Eddie Murray, Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams (3), Kelly Downs DYZ. BB--John Shelby, Candy Maldonado (2), Terry Kennedy.
April 12: Scott Garrelts gave up a single to first Dodger he faced, but then retired the next 20 hitters. He gave up walks in the seventh and eighth innings for the only other base runners. Robby Thompson hit a two-run homer in the sixth and Ed Jurak provided a two-RBI single in the eighth.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (0) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4) 1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Willie Randolph 4 0 1 0 Brett Butler 4 1 1 0 Alfredo Griffin 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 2 2 2 Kirk Gibson 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 3 1 0 0 Eddie Murray 2 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 2 0 1 0 Mike Marshall 3 0 0 0 Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 0 John Shelby 3 0 0 0 Ed Jurak 4 0 1 2 Jeff Hamilton 3 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 0 0 0 Mike Scioscia 2 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 2 0 Fernando Valenzuela 2 0 0 0 Scott Garrelts AYZ 2 0 0 0 Mickey Hatcher 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 28 0 1 0 TOTALS 30 4 8 4 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 000 000 -- 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 002 02x -- 4 LOB--1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 3, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6. 2B--Jose Uribe, Kevin Mitchell. HR--Robby Thompson. HBP--Kevin Mitchell. SACB--Scott Garrelts AYZ. 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR Fernando Valenzuela BY [L] 7.00 6 2 2 1 9 1 Ray Searage CY 1.00 2 2 2 1 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 9.00 1 0 0 2 3 0 SO--Alfredo Griffin, Jeff Hamilton, Mike Marshall, Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado, Ed Jurak, Brett Butler (3), Scott Garrelts AYZ (2), Kirt Manwaring. BB--Mike Scioscia, Eddie Murray, Kevin Mitchell, Will Clark.
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