The Giants continued their excellent start to the season, winning two of three games at St. Louis to move to four games ahead of their real-life pace. Scott Garrelts improved to 5-0 after five starts and Kevin Mitchell hit his seventh and eighth home runs of the season.
sim 15-6, actual 11-10
April 25 — sim W 10-3 — actual W 4-0
April 26 — sim L 7-1 — actual L 3-1
April 27 — sim W 7-2 — actual L 10-1
April 25: The game was tied 3-3 heading to the seventh when the Giants exploded for six runs, with RBI singles by Jose Uribe and Candy Maldanado and two-run homers by Robby Thompson and Kevin Mitchell. Mitchell also had RBI singles in the third and eighth innings.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (10) AT 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (3) 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI Brett Butler 4 1 0 0 Vince Coleman 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 6 2 2 2 Ozzie Smith 3 2 2 0 Will Clark 5 2 1 0 Terry Pendleton 4 1 2 2 Kevin Mitchell 5 1 3 4 Pedro Guerrero 4 0 1 1 Ernest Riles 5 2 1 0 Milt Thompson 4 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 4 0 1 1 Tom Brunansky 4 0 1 0 Tracy Jones 5 1 2 1 Jose Oquendo 4 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 5 1 1 1 Tony Pena 3 0 0 0 Don Robinson BZ 3 0 2 0 Ken Hill CYW 2 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 1 0 1 1 Denny Walling 1 0 0 0 Matt Williams 1 0 1 0 TOTALS 44 10 15 10 TOTALS 33 3 7 3 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 011 001 610 -- 10 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 200 010 000 -- 3 LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10, 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 4. ERR--Robby Thompson, Ken Hill CYW, Tony Pena, Ozzie Smith, Jose Oquendo. 2B--Matt Williams, Tracy Jones, Ernest Riles, Pedro Guerrero, Ozzie Smith, Terry Pendleton (2). 3B--Will Clark. HR--Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson. SACB--Terry Kennedy. SB--Jose Uribe, Ernest Riles. 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Don Robinson BZ [W] 6.00 6 3 2 1 2 0 Mike LaCoss CB 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Atlee Hammaker DZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Ken Hill CYW [L] 6.00 7 5 3 1 6 1 Frank DiPino BZ 0.67 4 4 4 0 0 1 John Costello BYZ 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Dayley BZ 2.00 3 1 1 1 3 0 WP--Ken Hill CYW. SO--Jose Uribe, Terry Kennedy (2), Brett Butler, Robby Thompson (2), Tracy Jones (2), Ernest Riles, Pedro Guerrero, Vince Coleman. BB--Brett Butler (2), Ozzie Smith.
April 26: The Giants’ bats were near-silenced by Jose DeLeon, who pitched a four-hit complete game. San Francisco got its only run in the fifth when it was already 3-0, as Brett Butler’s RBI single provided an unearned run.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1) AT 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (7) 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI Brett Butler 4 0 1 1 Vince Coleman 5 1 4 1 Robby Thompson 4 0 1 0 Ozzie Smith 4 1 0 0 Will Clark 2 0 0 0 Terry Pendleton 5 1 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 0 0 Pedro Guerrero 5 1 2 1 Ernest Riles 2 0 0 0 Milt Thompson 4 0 1 2 Terry Kennedy 4 0 1 0 Tom Brunansky 3 1 1 1 Tracy Jones 4 0 0 0 Jose Oquendo 4 2 3 1 Jose Uribe 3 1 1 0 Tony Pena 4 0 3 1 Kelly Downs DYZ 0 0 0 0 Jose DeLeon BX 4 0 0 0 Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 28 1 4 1 TOTALS 38 7 15 7 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 010 000 -- 1 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 011 122 00x -- 7 LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6, 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 10. ERR--Jose Oquendo. 2B--Tony Pena, Vince Coleman. 3B--Tom Brunansky, Milt Thompson. SACB--Kelly Downs DYZ (2). SB--Will Clark, Vince Coleman. 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Kelly Downs DYZ [L] 5.00 12 5 5 1 2 0 Randy McCament DW 1.00 3 2 2 1 0 0 Dennis Cook DYZ 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Jose DeLeon BX [W] 9.00 4 1 0 4 5 0 SO--Terry Kennedy, Robby Thompson, Tracy Jones (2), Will Clark, Milt Thompson (2), Jose DeLeon BX. BB--Will Clark (2), Ernest Riles (2), Tom Brunansky, Milt Thompson, Ozzie Smith.
April 27: The Giants jumped to a 3-0 lead after three innings, and it was 3-1 after four. Kevin Mitchell hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning and Will Clark smacked a two-RBI double in the sixth to put the game out of reach. Scott Garrelts only gave up three hits and one run in the first eight innings before the Cardinals tacked on two more hits and their second run in the ninth.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (7) AT 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (2)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Brett Butler 3 3 1 0 Vince Coleman 4 0 1 0
Ernest Riles 5 2 2 1 Ozzie Smith 3 2 1 0
Will Clark 5 1 2 2 Terry Pendleton 4 0 0 0
Kevin Mitchell 4 1 2 3 Pedro Guerrero 4 0 1 1
Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 0 Milt Thompson 4 0 1 1
Matt Williams 4 0 0 0 Tom Brunansky 4 0 0 0
Kirt Manwaring 5 0 0 0 Jose Oquendo 2 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Tony Pena 3 0 1 0
Scott Garrelts AYZ 3 0 0 0 Scott Terry DZ 0 0 0 0
Jim Lindeman 1 0 0 0
John Morris 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 7 8 6 TOTALS 30 2 5 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 201 022 000 -- 7
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 100 001 -- 2
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9, 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
4. ERR--Jose Uribe, Milt Thompson, Jose Oquendo. 2B--Candy
Maldonado, Brett Butler, Will Clark, Pedro Guerrero.
HR--Kevin Mitchell. HBP--Matt Williams. SACB--Scott Garrelts
AYZ, Scott Terry DZ. SB--Brett Butler, Ernest Riles, Ozzie
Smith.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 9.00 5 2 2 2 4 0
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Scott Terry DZ [L] 5.00 6 5 5 3 5 1
Cris Carpenter DCZ 3.00 1 2 0 1 2 0
Dan Quisenberry BZ 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
PB--Kirt Manwaring. SO--Jose Uribe (2), Matt Williams, Scott
Garrelts AYZ (2), Kirt Manwaring (2), Pedro Guerrero, Milt
Thompson, Jim Lindeman, Terry Pendleton. BB--Jose Uribe,
Candy Maldonado, Brett Butler (2), Kevin Mitchell, Ozzie
Smith, Jose Oquendo.
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