A three-game home sweep of the Cardinals moved the Giants to 22-9 after 31 games, six victories ahead of pace. Kevin Mitchell drove in eight runs over the three games, giving him 46 on the season and putting him on a pace to obliterate the MLB record.
sim 22-9, actual 16-15
May 5 — sim W 7-0 — actual L 3-1
May 6 — sim W 4-0 (11) — actual W 9-0
May 7 — sim W 7-5 — actual W 5-1
May 5: Scott Garrelts improved to 6-0 and dropped his ERA to 0.82 with his fourth shutout of the season. It was only 1-0 after six innings, but the Giants got to the Cardinals’ bullpen and scored six times in the seventh inning, which included a two-run single by Jose Uribe, RBI singles by Brett Butler and Ed Jurak, and a two-run homer by Kevin Mitchell. Only once did the Cardinals get a runner past first base.
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (0) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (7) 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Vince Coleman 3 0 1 0 Brett Butler 4 1 2 1 Ozzie Smith 4 0 0 0 Donell Nixon 4 0 0 0 Terry Pendleton 4 0 0 0 Ed Jurak 4 1 2 1 Pedro Guerrero 3 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 1 1 2 Milt Thompson 4 0 1 0 Charlie Hayes 4 1 1 0 Tom Brunansky 3 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 3 1 0 0 Jose Oquendo 2 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 3 1 3 1 Tom Pagnozzi 3 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 1 1 2 Joe Magrane BYZ 2 0 0 0 Scott Garrelts AYZ 3 0 0 0 Jim Lindeman 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 0 2 0 TOTALS 32 7 10 7 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 000 -- 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 010 000 60x -- 7 LOB--1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 5. ERR--Pedro Guerrero, Ozzie Smith. 2B--Robby Thompson, Charlie Hayes. HR--Kevin Mitchell. SACB--Scott Garrelts AYZ. 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Joe Magrane BYZ [L] 6.00 5 1 1 2 3 0 Cris Carpenter DCZ 0.33 3 4 2 0 0 0 Frank DiPino BZ 1.67 2 2 2 1 2 1 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 9.00 2 0 0 4 4 0 SO--Tom Brunansky, Milt Thompson, Ozzie Smith, Terry Pendleton, Ed Jurak, Brett Butler, Scott Garrelts AYZ (2), Donell Nixon. BB--Tom Brunansky, Pedro Guerrero, Vince Coleman, Jose Oquendo, Jose Uribe, Robby Thompson, Kirt Manwaring.
May 6: After 10 1/2 scoreless innings, Kevin Mitchell ended it with a two-out, walk-off grand slam. The Giants put runners into scoring position in six of the first 10 innings but couldn’t come through. In the 11th, a one-out error put a runner on base. After the second out, Donell Nixon singled, Will Clark walked and Mitchell ended the contest with his 12th home run of the season. San Francisco pitchers stranded a Cardinal runner on third base four times.
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (0) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4)
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Vince Coleman 4 0 0 0 Brett Butler 4 0 1 0
Ozzie Smith 5 0 0 0 Donell Nixon 6 1 2 0
Terry Pendleton 5 0 1 0 Will Clark 5 1 0 0
Pedro Guerrero 3 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 5 1 2 4
Milt Thompson 5 0 2 0 Ernest Riles 3 0 1 0
Tom Brunansky 3 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 4 0 1 0
Jose Oquendo 5 0 1 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 1 0
Tony Pena 4 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 1 0
Jose DeLeon BX 3 0 0 0 Charlie Hayes 1 0 0 0
Willie McGee 1 0 0 0 Ed Jurak 1 0 0 0
Rick Reuschel BZ 3 0 0 0
Greg Litton 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 38 0 4 0 TOTALS 40 4 9 4
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 000 00 -- 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 000 04 -- 4
LOB--1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 10, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
13. ERR--Terry Pendleton, Jose Uribe, Robby Thompson.
2B--Milt Thompson, Terry Pendleton. HR--Kevin Mitchell.
HBP--Terry Kennedy. SACB--Robby Thompson. SB--Milt Thompson,
Ernest Riles.
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jose DeLeon BX 9.00 5 0 0 6 5 0
Ted Power DZ [L] 1.67 4 4 0 1 0 1
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Rick Reuschel BZ 9.00 4 0 0 3 2 0
Goose Gossage BY [W] 2.00 0 0 0 2 1 0
SO--Vince Coleman, Jose DeLeon BX, Jose Oquendo, Jose Uribe,
Rick Reuschel BZ, Brett Butler, Robby Thompson, Ernest
Riles. BB--Tom Brunansky (2), Pedro Guerrero (2), Vince
Coleman, Brett Butler (2), Kevin Mitchell, Greg Litton, Will
Clark, Ernest Riles (2).
May 7: All seven Giant runs came in the first four innings, with Kevin Mitchell collecting a pair of RBI singles in the first and third innings, and Ernest Riles hitting a solo home run and Jose Uribe providing a two-run single in the fourth. St. Louis narrowed the deficit to 7-5 in the seventh, but the Giants held on from there.
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (5) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (7) 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Milt Thompson 5 1 2 1 Brett Butler 3 2 2 1 Ozzie Smith 3 0 2 1 Donell Nixon 4 0 0 0 Terry Pendleton 5 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 0 1 0 Pedro Guerrero 4 1 2 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 2 2 John Morris 4 0 0 0 Ernest Riles 4 1 1 1 Tom Brunansky 4 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 2 2 0 0 Jose Oquendo 2 2 1 0 Robby Thompson 3 1 1 0 Tony Pena 4 1 2 2 Jose Uribe 3 1 2 2 Scott Terry DZ 2 0 0 0 Don Robinson BZ 1 0 0 0 Tim Jones 1 0 0 1 Charlie Hayes 1 0 0 0 Tom Pagnozzi 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 5 9 5 TOTALS 29 7 9 6 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 200 300 -- 5 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 111 400 00x -- 7 LOB--1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 1. ERR--Ozzie Smith, Jose Uribe, Ernest Riles. 2B--Pedro Guerrero, Tony Pena, Jose Oquendo, Jose Uribe, Robby Thompson. 3B--Brett Butler. HR--Ernest Riles. SACB--Don Robinson BZ. 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Scott Terry DZ [L] 3.00 7 7 6 2 1 1 Frank DiPino BZ 3.00 1 0 0 0 2 0 Ken Dayley BZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Don Robinson BZ [W] 6.33 6 5 4 3 3 0 Terry Mulholland DYZ 0.67 2 0 0 0 1 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ [S] 2.00 1 0 0 2 1 0 WP--Scott Terry DZ. SO--Pedro Guerrero, Milt Thompson, John Morris (3), Robby Thompson, Will Clark, Donell Nixon. BB--Pedro Guerrero, Ozzie Smith (2), Jose Oquendo (2), Terry Kennedy, Brett Butler.
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