The Giants closed out the opening month of April by winning two of three at Pittsburgh to move five games ahead of pace. San Francisco’s pitchers took shutouts into the ninth inning in all three games, but managed only one shutout and lost one of them. Don Robinson had a game for the ages in the finale.
sim 17-7, actual 12-12
April 28 — sim W 4-1 — actual L 1-0
April 29 — sim L 3-2 — actual W 4-3
April 30 — sim W 2-0 — actual L 11-1
April 28: Matt Williams hit a solo homer in the second, Kevin Mitchell and Will Clark had back-to-back doubles in the fourth and Williams notched an RBI double in the sixth to give the Giants their runs. Rick Reuschel’s shutout bid ended in the ninth when Bobby Bonilla led off with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4) AT 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (1)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Donell Nixon 4 0 0 0 Barry Bonds 4 0 2 0
Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0 Jose Lind 4 0 0 0
Will Clark 4 2 2 0 RJ Reynolds 4 0 1 0
Kevin Mitchell 4 1 1 1 Bobby Bonilla 4 1 1 0
Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 1 Ken Oberkfell 3 0 1 1
Matt Williams 4 1 3 2 Glenn Wilson 4 0 0 0
Kirt Manwaring 4 0 0 0 Rey Quinones 4 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 4 0 1 0 Junior Ortiz 1 0 0 0
Rick Reuschel BZ 4 0 0 0 John Smiley BYZ 2 0 0 0
Andy Van Slyke 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 8 4 TOTALS 31 1 5 1
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 010 201 000 -- 4
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 5, 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6.
ERR--Rey Quinones. 2B--Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams, Kevin
Mitchell, RJ Reynolds. 3B--Bobby Bonilla. HR--Matt Williams.
SACF--Ken Oberkfell. SB--Barry Bonds (2).
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Reuschel BZ [W] 9.00 5 1 1 2 3 0
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
John Smiley BYZ [L] 7.00 6 4 3 0 6 1
Doug Bair AXZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Reed DYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
SO--Jose Uribe, Rick Reuschel BZ (2), Candy Maldonado, Kevin
Mitchell, Robby Thompson, Donell Nixon (2), RJ Reynolds,
John Smiley BYZ, Barry Bonds. BB--Junior Ortiz (2).
April 29: Ernest Riles drew a bases-loaded walk in the first inning and Kevin Mitchell had an RBI single in the eighth. But the Giants missed chance after chance and left 10 runners on base before a horrific ending. Mike LaCoss took a shutout to the ninth, but was left in too long after a leadoff double and two walks. Craig Lefferts couldn’t get the save, giving up two hits and allowing the Pirates to walk off with the come-from-behind win.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2) AT 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Brett Butler 5 0 0 0 Barry Bonds 3 0 1 0
Robby Thompson 5 1 1 0 Jose Lind 4 0 1 0
Will Clark 5 1 2 0 Gary Redus 4 1 1 0
Kevin Mitchell 2 0 1 1 Bobby Bonilla 3 1 0 0
Ernest Riles 2 0 0 1 RJ Reynolds 2 1 0 0
Candy Maldonado 3 0 0 0 Glenn Wilson 4 0 2 2
Terry Kennedy 3 0 0 0 Rey Quinones 4 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Junior Ortiz 4 0 2 1
Mike LaCoss CB 4 0 1 0 Randy Kramer DW 2 0 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 5 2 TOTALS 31 3 7 3
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 100 000 010 -- 2
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 003 -- 3
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10, 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
7. ERR--Robby Thompson, Jose Lind. 2B--Mike LaCoss CB, Will
Clark, Gary Redus. HBP--Kevin Mitchell, Ernest Riles.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike LaCoss CB [L] 8.00 5 3 3 4 7 0
Craig Lefferts BYZ 0.33 2 0 0 0 1 0
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Randy Kramer DW 8.00 4 2 2 5 3 0
Bob Kipper BY [W] 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
SO--Candy Maldonado, Brett Butler, Robby Thompson, Will
Clark, Ernest Riles, Gary Redus, Ken Oberkfell, Randy Kramer
DW, Junior Ortiz (2), Glenn Wilson, Rey Quinones (2).
BB--Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado, Terry Kennedy, Kevin
Mitchell, Ernest Riles, RJ Reynolds (2), Barry Bonds, Bobby
Bonilla.
April 30: Don Robinson had the game of his life, pitching a one-hitter and hitting a pair of solo home runs for the game’s only runs. Robinson walked two and the Giants’ defense gave up four errors, but Pittsburgh only got a runner to second base in three different innings, and didn’t get a runner to third base until the ninth inning.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2) AT 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (0)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI
Brett Butler 4 0 1 0 Barry Bonds 4 0 1 0
Robby Thompson 4 0 1 0 Jose Lind 4 0 0 0
Will Clark 4 0 1 0 RJ Reynolds 4 0 0 0
Kevin Mitchell 3 0 0 0 Bobby Bonilla 4 0 0 0
Ernest Riles 4 0 2 0 Benny Distefano 4 0 0 0
Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 0 Glenn Wilson 3 0 0 0
Terry Kennedy 3 0 0 0 Junior Ortiz 4 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 4 0 0 0 Rafael Belliard 3 0 0 0
Don Robinson BZ 4 2 2 2 Bob Walk C 2 0 0 0
Andy Van Slyke 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 2 8 2 TOTALS 32 0 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 001 010 000 -- 2
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7, 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 7.
ERR--Jose Uribe (2), Robby Thompson (2). 2B--Ernest Riles.
HR--Don Robinson BZ (2).
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Robinson BZ [W] 9.00 1 0 0 2 4 0
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES
Bob Walk C [L] 7.00 6 2 2 1 6 2
Jeff Robinson DY 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
Neal Heaton CBZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
SO--Jose Uribe, Brett Butler (2), Don Robinson BZ (2), Robby
Thompson (2), Will Clark, RJ Reynolds, Rafael Belliard,
Glenn Wilson, Barry Bonds. BB--Terry Kennedy, Kevin
Mitchell, Glenn Wilson, Andy Van Slyke.
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