The Mets continued to have the Giants’ number, winning two of three games for the second series in a row. The actual results were flipped in each of the three games. With the month of May coming to an end, after 51 games, San Francisco is eight wins ahead of pace.
sim 37-14, actual 29-22
May 29 — sim L 6-1 — actual W 3-2
May 30 — sim L 6-3 — actual W 10-3
May 31 — sim W 3-1 — actual L 3-1
May 29: The Giants had no answer for Howard Johnson, who went 4-for-5 and hit solo home runs in the third and the ninth, and had RBI singles in the fifth and the seventh. The Giants didn’t get on the board until the bottom of the ninth, when they strung together three of their nine hits off of Ron Darling, including a double by Kevin Mitchell and an RBI single by Terry Kennedy.
1989 NEW YORK METS (6) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1)
1989 NEW YORK METS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Lenny Dykstra 5 1 1 0 Brett Butler 1 0 1 0
Howard Johnson 5 3 4 4 Donell Nixon 3 0 1 0
Darryl Strawberry 4 1 2 2 Robby Thompson 4 0 1 0
Kevin McReynolds 3 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 0 0 0
Dave Magadan 4 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 1 1 0
Gregg Jefferies 3 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 4 0 3 1
Barry Lyons 4 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 0
Kevin Elster 4 1 2 0 Ken Oberkfell 4 0 1 0
Ron Darling CYZ 3 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 4 0 0 0
Don Robinson BZ 1 0 0 0
Ernest Riles 1 0 0 0
Ed Jurak 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 6 10 6 TOTALS 35 1 9 1
1989 NEW YORK METS 001 010 301 -- 6
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1989 NEW YORK METS 6, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7.
2B--Kevin Elster, Darryl Strawberry, Candy Maldonado, Kevin
Mitchell. HR--Howard Johnson (2), Darryl Strawberry.
SACB--Ron Darling CYZ. SB--Kevin Elster, Darryl Strawberry.
1989 NEW YORK METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ron Darling CYZ [W] 9.00 9 1 1 0 7 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Don Robinson BZ [L] 6.00 5 2 2 3 2 1
Jeff Brantley DY 0.67 3 3 3 0 0 1
Dennis Cook DYZ 1.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
Randy McCament DW 1.00 1 1 1 0 1 1
SO--Howard Johnson, Lenny Dykstra, Ron Darling CYZ, Jose
Uribe, Candy Maldonado (2), Robby Thompson (3), Donell
Nixon. BB--Gregg Jefferies, Darryl Strawberry, Kevin
McReynolds.
May 30: The Mets scored a run in each of the first four innings and the Giants couldn’t keep pace. Kevin Mitchell had two of the team’s five hits and scored runs after both of them. Robby Thompson had an RBI double in the eighth.
1989 NEW YORK METS (6) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3)
1989 NEW YORK METS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Lenny Dykstra 4 2 2 0 Brett Butler 4 1 2 0
Tim Teufel 5 1 3 1 Robby Thompson 3 0 1 1
Howard Johnson 5 0 1 1 Will Clark 4 0 0 0
Darryl Strawberry 4 1 1 1 Kevin Mitchell 4 2 2 0
Kevin McReynolds 3 0 0 0 Ernest Riles 3 0 0 0
Dave Magadan 4 2 3 1 Candy Maldonado 3 0 0 1
Gregg Jefferies 5 0 0 0 Ed Jurak 1 0 0 0
Mackey Sasser 3 0 1 1 Terry Kennedy 4 0 0 0
David Cone CX 3 0 1 1 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0
Lee Mazzilli 1 0 0 0 Mike LaCoss CB 1 0 0 0
Donell Nixon 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 37 6 12 6 TOTALS 32 3 5 2
1989 NEW YORK METS 111 100 101 -- 6
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 010 100 010 -- 3
LOB--1989 NEW YORK METS 10, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6.
ERR--Dave Magadan, Darryl Strawberry. 2B--David Cone CX,
Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson. 3B--Dave Magadan. HR--Darryl
Strawberry. HBP--Dave Magadan, Robby Thompson. SACF--Mackey
Sasser. SACB--Mike LaCoss CB. SB--Lenny Dykstra, Brett
Butler.
1989 NEW YORK METS IP H R ER BB SO HR
David Cone CX [W] 7.00 3 2 2 2 6 0
Terry Leach D 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 0
Roger McDowell A [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Mike LaCoss CB [L] 6.67 8 5 5 4 5 0
Atlee Hammaker DZ 2.33 4 1 1 0 0 1
WP--David Cone CX. SO--Dave Magadan, Gregg Jefferies, Darryl
Strawberry (3), Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado, Brett Butler,
Kevin Mitchell, Mike LaCoss CB, Robby Thompson, Will Clark,
Donell Nixon. BB--Lenny Dykstra, Darryl Strawberry, Kevin
McReynolds (2), Jose Uribe, Ernest Riles.
May 31: Scott Garrelts got the Giants back in the win column as he gave up four hits and one run in eight innings to improve to 10-1 on the season. The Giants’ runs all came in the third inning, which included an RBI sacrifice by Greg Litton and a two-run homer for Will Clark. New York was held to a solo home run by Howard Johnson in the sixth inning.
1989 NEW YORK METS (1) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3) 1989 NEW YORK METS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Lenny Dykstra 3 0 0 0 Brett Butler 4 1 3 0 Tim Teufel 3 0 1 0 Greg Litton 3 0 0 1 Darryl Strawberry 3 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 1 2 2 Kevin McReynolds 4 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 1 0 Howard Johnson 4 1 2 1 Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 0 Dave Magadan 4 0 0 0 Ernest Riles 4 0 0 0 Barry Lyons 4 0 1 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 0 0 0 Kevin Elster 3 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Bob Ojeda C 1 0 0 0 Scott Garrelts AYZ 0 1 0 0 Mark Carreon 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 1 4 1 TOTALS 30 3 7 3 1989 NEW YORK METS 000 001 000 -- 1 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 003 000 00x -- 3 LOB--1989 NEW YORK METS 6, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7. ERR--Tim Teufel, Kevin McReynolds. 2B--Will Clark. HR--Howard Johnson, Will Clark. SACB--Bob Ojeda C, Greg Litton. SB--Howard Johnson. 1989 NEW YORK METS IP H R ER BB SO HR Bob Ojeda C [L] 6.00 7 3 3 3 1 1 Randy Myers AXY 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 8.00 4 1 1 3 4 1 Craig Lefferts BYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 SO--Howard Johnson, Dave Magadan (2), Lenny Dykstra, Kevin McReynolds (2), Kevin Mitchell, Greg Litton. BB--Tim Teufel, Lenny Dykstra, Darryl Strawberry, Scott Garrelts AYZ (3).
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