After extending the winning streak to seven with another shutout in the opener, the Giants had a painful end to the series as the Braves scored in the later innings to win each of the next three games.
8-4 sim, 8-4 actual
April 14 — sim W 3-0 — actual W 7-5
April 15 — sim L 3-0 — actual W 1-0
April 16 (1) — sim L 9-7 — actual L 7-2
April 16 (2) — sim L 5-2 — actual W 6-1
April 14: Rick Reuschel threw a four-hit shutout. Only one Brave baserunner made it to third base. Kevin Mitchell hit a two-run homer in the first inning and Brett Butler provided an RBI single in the sixth.
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES (0) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3) 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Lonnie Smith 4 0 0 0 Brett Butler 4 0 1 1 Dale Murphy 3 0 1 0 Robby Thompson 1 0 1 0 Gerald Perry 4 0 2 0 Ernest Riles 3 0 1 0 Andres Thomas 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 1 0 0 Darrell Evans 3 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 1 3 2 Jody Davis 3 0 0 0 Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 0 Dion James 3 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 3 0 1 0 Jeff Treadway 3 0 1 0 Matt Williams 3 0 0 0 Zane Smith DCY 1 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 1 0 0 Geronimo Berroa 1 0 0 0 Rick Reuschel BZ 3 0 1 0 Tommy Gregg 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 0 4 0 TOTALS 32 3 9 3 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 000 000 000 -- 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 200 001 00x -- 3 LOB--1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 4, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9. ERR--Andres Thomas, Jose Uribe. HR--Kevin Mitchell. HBP--Kirt Manwaring. SACB--Rick Reuschel BZ. 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR Zane Smith DCY [L] 5.00 7 2 2 1 4 1 Mark Eichhorn DYZ 2.00 2 1 1 1 1 0 Jim Acker AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Rick Reuschel BZ [W] 9.00 4 0 0 1 5 0 PB--Jody Davis. SO--Tommy Gregg, Darrell Evans, Lonnie Smith, Jody Davis, Gerald Perry, Jose Uribe, Rick Reuschel BZ, Candy Maldonado, Brett Butler, Kirt Manwaring. BB--Dale Murphy, Jose Uribe, Matt Williams.
April 15: Kevin Mitchell was thrown out at the plate in a scoreless game in the fifth inning, the only time the Giants made it to third base. Atlanta got a go-ahead two-run homer from Lonnie Smith in the seventh inning, and Ron Gant added a solo shot in the eighth.
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES (3) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (0)
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Lonnie Smith 3 1 1 2 Brett Butler 4 0 1 0
Dale Murphy 5 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0
Gerald Perry 4 0 2 0 Will Clark 3 0 0 0
Andres Thomas 5 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 1 0
Ron Gant 4 1 2 1 Candy Maldonado 3 0 0 0
Tommy Gregg 3 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 3 0 0 0
Jeff Blauser 4 0 2 0 Matt Williams 3 0 1 0
Bruce Benedict 3 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 1 0
Pete Smith DX 2 1 1 0 Don Robinson BZ 2 0 0 0
Ernest Riles 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 3 8 3 TOTALS 29 0 5 0
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 000 000 210 -- 3
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 10, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2.
ERR--Robby Thompson. 2B--Matt Williams, Kevin Mitchell.
3B--Pete Smith DX. HR--Ron Gant, Lonnie Smith. SACB--Pete
Smith DX. SB--Ron Gant.
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Pete Smith DX [W] 9.00 5 0 0 0 11 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Don Robinson BZ [L] 7.00 6 2 2 4 5 1
Atlee Hammaker DZ 2.00 2 1 1 2 0 1
WP--Pete Smith DX. SO--Tommy Gregg (2), Dale Murphy (2),
Andres Thomas, Jose Uribe (2), Candy Maldonado (2), Terry
Kennedy, Matt Williams, Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson (2),
Will Clark (2). BB--Tommy Gregg, Lonnie Smith (2), Bruce
Benedict, Gerald Perry, Pete Smith DX.
April 16 (1): The Giants led 6-2 after four innings and 7-5 after six innings but couldn’t hold on in the first game of a doubleheader. Lonnie Smith, who led off the game with a home run, had a three-RBI double in the eighth inning to put Atlanta ahead.
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES (9) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (7) 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Lonnie Smith 5 3 4 4 Brett Butler 5 2 2 0 Tommy Gregg 5 1 1 1 Robby Thompson 5 2 2 1 Gerald Perry 4 0 2 2 Will Clark 4 3 2 2 Andres Thomas 3 0 1 1 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 1 2 Geronimo Berroa 1 0 0 0 Ernest Riles 4 0 1 2 Ron Gant 1 0 0 0 Tracy Jones 4 0 0 0 Darrell Evans 5 1 2 0 Terry Kennedy 5 0 2 0 Jody Davis 3 2 0 0 Jose Uribe 4 0 1 0 Dion James 3 0 1 0 Kelly Downs DYZ 2 0 0 0 Jeff Treadway 4 0 0 0 Ed Jurak 1 0 1 0 John Smoltz BX 1 0 1 1 Matt Williams 1 0 1 0 Jeff Blauser 3 2 2 0 Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 9 14 9 TOTALS 40 7 13 7 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 110 030 130 -- 9 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 320 101 000 -- 7 LOB--1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 6, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 11. ERR--Andres Thomas. 2B--Lonnie Smith, Jose Uribe, Robby Thompson, Ernest Riles. 3B--Kevin Mitchell. HR--Lonnie Smith, Will Clark. SACF--Gerald Perry, Ernest Riles. SB--Lonnie Smith. 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR John Smoltz BX 4.00 9 6 5 2 4 1 Jose Alvarez CX 2.00 3 1 1 1 0 0 Joe Boever CX [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Stanton BXYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Kelly Downs DYZ 5.00 9 5 5 1 0 1 Goose Gossage BY 2.00 1 1 1 1 1 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ [L] 2.00 4 3 3 1 1 0 PB--Terry Kennedy. SO--Ron Gant, Jody Davis, Jose Uribe, Kelly Downs DYZ, Tracy Jones, Ernest Riles. BB--Dion James, Jody Davis (2), Jose Uribe, Kevin Mitchell, Tracy Jones, Will Clark.
April 16 (2): The Giants took a 2-0 lead in the second on an RBI double by Ernest Riles and an RBI single by Jose Uribe, but they’d only manage two more hits the rest of the way in game two of the doubleheader. The Braves scored in each of the final four innings, including a Dale Murphy solo homer in the sixth and an RBI triple by Ron Gant in the seventh.
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES (5) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2)
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Lonnie Smith 3 1 0 0 Brett Butler 4 0 1 0
Dale Murphy 4 1 1 1 Greg Litton 3 0 0 0
Gerald Perry 4 0 1 1 Will Clark 3 0 1 0
Andres Thomas 4 1 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 0 0
Ron Gant 3 2 1 1 Candy Maldonado 4 1 1 0
John Russell 4 0 2 1 Ernest Riles 4 1 2 1
Jeff Blauser 4 0 1 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 0 0 0
Bruce Benedict 4 0 1 0 Jose Uribe 4 0 1 1
Derek Lilliquist DZ 2 0 0 0 Joe Price DY 2 0 0 0
Geronimo Berroa 1 0 1 1 Matt Williams 1 0 0 0
Tracy Jones 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 5 9 5 TOTALS 34 2 6 2
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 000 001 211 -- 5
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 020 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 4, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7.
ERR--Jim Acker AYZ. 2B--Candy Maldonado, Ernest Riles (2).
3B--Ron Gant. HR--Dale Murphy. SACB--Derek Lilliquist DZ.
SB--Lonnie Smith.
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Derek Lilliquist DZ [W] 8.00 6 2 2 2 8 0
Jim Acker AYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Joe Price DY [L] 6.00 5 3 3 0 4 1
Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Randy McCament DW 2.00 3 2 2 2 2 0
PB--Bruce Benedict. SO--Jeff Blauser (3), John Russell (2),
Bruce Benedict (2), Gerald Perry, Jose Uribe, Candy
Maldonado, Brett Butler, Greg Litton (2), Tracy Jones, Will
Clark, Joe Price DY (2). BB--Ron Gant, Lonnie Smith, Greg
Litton, Will Clark.
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