Just like the last series, the Giants split a two-game series, matching what happened in real life. Pittsburgh and San Francisco alternated wins thanks to excellent pitching performances by the Pirates’ John Smiley and the Giants’ Mike LaCoss.
sim 19-9, actual 14-14
May 3 — sim L 5-1 — actual L 5-3
May 4 — sim W 2-0 — actual W 6-3
May 3: Pittsburgh jumped out to a 4-0 lead before the Giants got their first hit. John Smiley set down the first 12 San Francisco hitters before Kevin Mitchell led off the fifth with a solo home run. He then retired the next 13 Giants before Greg Litton had a pinch-hit double in the ninth for the team’s only other hit.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (5) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1)
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Barry Bonds 5 1 3 0 Brett Butler 4 0 0 0
Jose Lind 4 0 1 1 Tracy Jones 4 0 0 0
Glenn Wilson 3 1 1 1 Will Clark 3 0 0 0
Bobby Bonilla 4 0 2 1 Kevin Mitchell 3 1 1 1
RJ Reynolds 5 1 1 0 Candy Maldonado 3 0 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 0 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 3 0 0 0
Rey Quinones 3 1 1 2 Robby Thompson 3 0 0 0
Junior Ortiz 4 0 1 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0
John Smiley BYZ 4 1 1 0 Don Robinson BZ 1 0 0 0
Ed Jurak 1 0 0 0
Greg Litton 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 32 5 11 5 TOTALS 29 1 2 1
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 011 021 000 -- 5
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 010 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 9, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 1.
ERR--Brett Butler. 2B--RJ Reynolds, Bobby Bonilla, Greg
Litton. HR--Rey Quinones, Kevin Mitchell. SACF--Glenn
Wilson, Rey Quinones, Jose Lind. SB--Barry Bonds.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Smiley BYZ [W] 9.00 2 1 1 0 3 1
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Don Robinson BZ [L] 6.00 6 5 3 1 2 1
Atlee Hammaker DZ 3.00 6 0 0 1 1 0
WP--Atlee Hammaker DZ. SO--RJ Reynolds, Junior Ortiz, Jose
Lind, Candy Maldonado, Tracy Jones (2). BB--Glenn Wilson,
Bobby Bonilla.
May 4: Mike LaCoss took a shutout to the ninth inning for his second straight start against the Pirates, and this time he was able to finish it off. San Francisco’s only two runs came in the third inning on a two-out, two-run home run by Will Clark. LaCoss put runners on base in each of the first six innings, and faced a bases-loaded situation in the third inning, but pitched out of trouble each time. He retired the final 11 Pirate hitters.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (0) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2) 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Barry Bonds 0 0 0 0 Brett Butler 3 0 0 0 John Cangelosi 3 0 0 0 Candy Maldonado 4 0 0 0 Gary Redus 3 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 1 2 2 RJ Reynolds 4 0 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 1 0 Bobby Bonilla 3 0 1 0 Ernest Riles 4 0 2 0 Glenn Wilson 4 0 1 0 Terry Kennedy 3 0 0 0 Ken Oberkfell 0 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 3 0 0 0 Rey Quinones 4 0 2 0 Jose Uribe 1 0 0 0 Junior Ortiz 1 0 0 0 Mike LaCoss CB 2 1 0 0 Dann Bilardello 3 0 0 0 Randy Kramer DW 3 0 0 0 Jose Lind 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 0 5 0 TOTALS 28 2 5 2 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 000 000 -- 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 002 000 00x -- 2 LOB--1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 9, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7. ERR--Ernest Riles. 2B--Glenn Wilson, Rey Quinones, Kevin Mitchell, Will Clark. HR--Will Clark. SB--RJ Reynolds. 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR Randy Kramer DW [L] 7.00 5 2 2 5 4 1 Bob Kipper BY 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Mike LaCoss CB [W] 9.00 5 0 0 3 5 0 SO--Gary Redus, Randy Kramer DW (2), Junior Ortiz, Bobby Bonilla, Candy Maldonado (2), Kevin Mitchell (2), Will Clark. BB--Gary Redus, Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, Jose Uribe (2), Terry Kennedy, Brett Butler, Mike LaCoss CB.
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