The simulation Giants matched their real-life counterparts by beginning a road trip with a two-game sweep of Chicago. Like clockwork, Kevin Mitchell hit another home run and Scott Garrelts had another quality start. After 33 games, the Giants are six wins ahead of pace.
sim 24-9, actual 18-15
May 9 — sim W 10-5 — actual W 4-2
May 10 — sim W 2-1 — actual W 4-3
May 9: Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell hit back-to-back solo homers in the top of the first, and it was 3-2 Giants after one inning. It stayed that way until the fifth, when Clark had an RBI double and Robby Thompson smacked a grand slam. San Francisco added another two runs to make it 10-2 in the sixth on a two-RBI single by Donell Nixon. Chicago got a few of the runs back late.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (10) AT 1989 CHICAGO CUBS (5)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Brett Butler 6 1 1 0 Jerome Walton 5 1 3 0
Donell Nixon 4 1 2 2 Dwight Smith 5 2 2 1
Tracy Jones 1 0 0 0 Ryne Sandberg 4 1 2 1
Will Clark 5 2 3 2 Mark Grace 3 1 1 0
Kevin Mitchell 3 2 2 1 Damon Berryhill 3 0 0 1
Ed Jurak 4 2 2 0 Mitch Webster 2 0 1 1
Robby Thompson 5 1 2 4 Vance Law 4 0 1 1
Kirt Manwaring 5 0 0 0 Shawon Dunston 4 0 1 0
Jose Uribe 5 0 0 0 Paul Kilgus D 1 0 0 0
Mike LaCoss CB 2 1 0 0 Curtis Wilkerson 1 0 1 0
Ernest Riles 2 0 1 0 Domingo Ramos 1 0 0 0
Darrin Jackson 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 42 10 13 9 TOTALS 34 5 13 5
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 300 052 000 -- 10
1989 CHICAGO CUBS 200 002 010 -- 5
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9, 1989 CHICAGO CUBS 6.
ERR--Mark Grace, Jerome Walton. 2B--Will Clark, Ryne
Sandberg, Curtis Wilkerson, Dwight Smith, Jerome Walton.
HR--Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson, Will Clark. SACF--Damon
Berryhill. SB--Brett Butler, Robby Thompson, Mark Grace,
Mitch Webster.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike LaCoss CB [W] 6.00 8 4 4 1 5 0
Atlee Hammaker DZ [S] 3.00 5 1 1 2 0 0
1989 CHICAGO CUBS
Paul Kilgus D [L] 4.33 9 8 7 2 2 3
Jeff Pico DCZ 0.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
Calvin Schiraldi DCY 2.00 2 2 2 2 0 0
Scott Sanderson DCYZ 2.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
PB--Damon Berryhill. SO--Robby Thompson, Kirt Manwaring,
Donell Nixon, Mark Grace, Ryne Sandberg, Damon Berryhill,
Jerome Walton, Mitch Webster. BB--Ed Jurak, Kevin Mitchell
(2), Mike LaCoss CB, Mark Grace, Mitch Webster (2).
May 10: Kevin Mitchell had an RBI single and Ernest Riles had a sacrifice fly in the top of the first, and that was all the Giants would need. Scott Garrelts improved to 7-0 in seven starts, but it wasn’t easy. Chicago left runners on second in the third, third in the fourth, second and third in the sixth and seventh, and the bases loaded in the eighth. Ryne Sandberg had an RBI single in the sixth, but the Cubs went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position overall.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2) AT 1989 CHICAGO CUBS (1)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Brett Butler 5 1 2 0 Jerome Walton 4 1 1 0
Donell Nixon 4 0 1 0 Dwight Smith 3 0 0 0
Will Clark 2 1 0 0 Ryne Sandberg 4 0 3 1
Kevin Mitchell 4 0 1 1 Mark Grace 3 0 1 0
Ernest Riles 2 0 0 1 Phil Stephenson 3 0 0 0
Terry Kennedy 3 0 1 0 Darrin Jackson 1 0 0 0
Robby Thompson 2 0 0 0 Damon Berryhill 4 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Vance Law 2 0 0 0
Scott Garrelts AYZ 3 0 0 0 Shawon Dunston 4 0 1 0
Candy Maldonado 0 0 0 0 Mike Bielecki BY 0 0 0 0
Curtis Wilkerson 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 28 2 5 2 TOTALS 31 1 6 1
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 200 000 000 -- 2
1989 CHICAGO CUBS 000 001 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9, 1989 CHICAGO CUBS 8.
2B--Shawon Dunston, Ryne Sandberg, Jerome Walton.
SACF--Ernest Riles. SACB--Candy Maldonado, Donell Nixon,
Mike Bielecki BY. SB--Brett Butler, Mark Grace, Jerome
Walton.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 7.00 5 1 1 3 5 0
Goose Gossage BY 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Craig Lefferts BYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 CHICAGO CUBS
Mike Bielecki BY [L] 6.00 5 2 2 5 3 0
Mitch Williams BXW 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Steve Wilson DY 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
SO--Terry Kennedy, Brett Butler, Scott Garrelts AYZ, Robby
Thompson, Ernest Riles, Donell Nixon, Phil Stephenson, Ryne
Sandberg, Curtis Wilkerson, Damon Berryhill, Dwight Smith
(2). BB--Jose Uribe, Terry Kennedy, Robby Thompson (2), Will
Clark (2), Ernest Riles, Mark Grace, Dwight Smith, Vance Law
(2).
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