The 1989 season has reached the All-Star break with the Giants riding a five-game winning streak after a road sweep of the Cardinals. San Francisco is 65-22 at the break, a .747 winning percentage. That would apparently be the second-best winning percentage in MLB history at the All-Star Break, trailing only the 1998 New York Yankees (61-20, .753).
In real life, three Giants made the NL’s All-Star team in 1989: Rick Reuschel, Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell. All three started the game.
Clark (.313, 14 HR, 55 RBI) would still be a likely starter. Mitchell’s batting average (.253) has tailed off but he’s got 26 home runs and 79 RBI, so I would presume that he still has the votes to start. Brett Butler (.305, 16 SB) perhaps makes the team in this replay, but that’s it from the field.
Why not just bring the entire Giants pitching staff to the game? Scott Garrelts (15-1, 0.81 ERA) would certainly be the starting pitcher for the NL. Although, in real life, Garrelts is in a stretch where he missed a couple of starts. So, Rick Reuschel (13-2, 1.58 ERA) still probably gets the starting nod if Garrelts can’t go. Don Robinson (11-7, 2.49 ERA) and Mike LaCoss (10-2, 2.72 ERA) are the other starters who have the numbers to be there. And then there’s Goose Gossage (2-0, 1.11 ERA, 8 SV), Steve Bedrosian (SF stats only: 0-0, 2.25 ERA, 8 SV) and Craig Lefferts (5-2, 2.77 ERA, 11 SV) out of the bullpen.
sim 65-22, actual 51-36
July 7 — sim W 4-3 — actual L 6-4
July 8 — sim W 5-2 — actual W 8-5
July 9 — sim W 5-3 (10) — actual L 6-4
July 7: Ernest Riles had an RBI single in the second, Robby Thompson hit a solo shot in the fifth and Kevin Mitchell smacked a two-run homer in the seventh inning to make it 4-0. The Cardinals made it interesting, getting solo homers from Pedro Guerrero and Tom Brunanskiy in the seventh. Terry Pendleton’s RBI triple in the bottom of the ninth put the tying run on third base with one out, but he was thrown out at the plate on a ground ball to short, and the Giants held on.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4) AT 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (3)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Brett Butler 5 1 1 0 Vince Coleman 4 0 1 0
Robby Thompson 5 1 1 1 Milt Thompson 4 0 0 0
Will Clark 4 0 1 0 Ozzie Smith 4 0 0 0
Kevin Mitchell 4 2 1 2 Pedro Guerrero 4 2 2 1
Terry Kennedy 3 0 2 0 Terry Pendleton 4 0 1 1
Ernest Riles 3 0 2 1 Tom Brunansky 3 1 1 1
Pat Sheridan 3 0 2 0 Jose Oquendo 3 0 1 0
Jose Uribe 4 0 0 0 Tony Pena 3 0 0 0
Mike LaCoss CB 3 0 0 0 Jose DeLeon BX 1 0 0 0
Donell Nixon 1 0 0 0 John Morris 1 0 0 0
Willie McGee 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 4 10 4 TOTALS 32 3 6 3
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 010 010 200 -- 4
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 201 -- 3
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9, 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
4. ERR--Robby Thompson, Jose Oquendo. 2B--Ernest Riles,
Pedro Guerrero. 3B--Terry Pendleton. HR--Kevin Mitchell,
Robby Thompson, Tom Brunansky, Pedro Guerrero.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike LaCoss CB [W] 7.00 3 2 2 2 2 2
Randy McCament DW 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 2 1 1 0 2 0
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Jose DeLeon BX [L] 5.00 4 2 2 5 4 1
Frank DiPino BZ 3.00 5 2 2 0 3 1
John Costello BYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
SO--Terry Kennedy, Kevin Mitchell, Mike LaCoss CB (2), Robby
Thompson (2), Donell Nixon, Pedro Guerrero, Ozzie Smith,
Jose Oquendo, Terry Pendleton. BB--Terry Kennedy, Kevin
Mitchell, Will Clark, Pat Sheridan, Ernest Riles, Tom
Brunansky, Jose Oquendo.
July 8: All the runs came in the first three innings. Robby Thompson had an RBI double and Terry Kennedy provided an RBI single in the top of the first, but St. Louis tied it on a two-run homer by Pedro Guerrero in the bottom of the first. Thompson doubled again in the second inning, scoring two runs. Pat Sheridan hit a solo homer in the third inning. The Cardinals got runners on base in most of the remaining innings, but couldn’t advance anyone past first base.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (5) AT 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (2)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI
Brett Butler 5 2 4 0 Vince Coleman 4 0 1 0
Robby Thompson 5 1 2 3 Milt Thompson 4 0 0 0
Will Clark 4 0 0 0 Ozzie Smith 3 1 1 0
Kevin Mitchell 4 0 0 0 Pedro Guerrero 3 1 1 2
Terry Kennedy 4 0 1 1 Terry Pendleton 4 0 1 0
Ernest Riles 3 0 0 0 Tom Brunansky 3 0 0 0
Pat Sheridan 4 1 1 1 Jose Oquendo 4 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 4 1 1 0 Tony Pena 3 0 0 0
Don Robinson BZ 2 0 0 0 Ted Power DZ 0 0 0 0
Candy Maldonado 0 0 0 0 Denny Walling 1 0 0 0
John Morris 1 0 0 0
Tim Jones 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 35 5 9 5 TOTALS 31 2 4 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 221 000 000 -- 5
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 200 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 8, 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
5. ERR--Jose Uribe. 2B--Robby Thompson (2). HR--Pat
Sheridan, Pedro Guerrero. SACB--Don Robinson BZ.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Robinson BZ [W] 7.00 3 2 2 2 4 1
Craig Lefferts BYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Ted Power DZ [L] 3.00 7 5 5 2 2 1
Frank DiPino BZ 2.00 1 0 0 1 3 0
Dan Quisenberry BZ 3.00 1 0 0 1 4 0
Todd Worrell BXZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
SO--Jose Uribe, Kevin Mitchell (3), Don Robinson BZ, Robby
Thompson, Will Clark, Pat Sheridan (2), Ernest Riles, Tom
Brunansky, Vince Coleman, Denny Walling, Ozzie Smith, Jose
Oquendo. BB--Candy Maldonado, Kevin Mitchell, Will Clark,
Ernest Riles, Tom Brunansky, Pedro Guerrero, Ozzie Smith.
July 9: The Giants built a 3-1 lead thanks to a Kirt Manwaring RBI single in the second inning and solo homers by Robby Thompson and Brett Butler in the third and seventh, respectively. But, the Cardinals got four hits in the seventh and scored twice to tie it. The game went to extra innings, and Greg Litton swatted a two-out, two-run homer in the top of the 10th. Craig Lefferts retired all six batters he faced for the win.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (5) AT 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (3) 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI Brett Butler 5 1 1 1 Vince Coleman 4 1 2 1 Robby Thompson 4 1 2 1 Jose Oquendo 4 0 1 1 Will Clark 4 0 0 0 Ozzie Smith 5 0 1 1 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 0 0 Pedro Guerrero 5 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 4 2 3 0 Tom Brunansky 5 0 1 0 Greg Litton 5 1 1 2 Terry Pendleton 4 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 0 1 1 Milt Thompson 4 1 2 0 Jose Uribe 4 0 2 0 Tony Pena 3 1 2 0 Atlee Hammaker DZ 2 0 0 0 Joe Magrane BYZ 2 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 1 0 0 0 John Morris 1 0 1 0 Donell Nixon 0 0 0 0 Jim Lindeman 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 37 5 10 5 TOTALS 38 3 11 3 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 011 000 100 2 -- 5 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 001 000 200 0 -- 3 LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 8, 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8. 2B--Robby Thompson, Vince Coleman. HR--Brett Butler, Greg Litton, Robby Thompson. HBP--Robby Thompson. SACF--Vince Coleman. SACB--Donell Nixon. SB--Candy Maldonado. 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Atlee Hammaker DZ 5.00 5 1 1 2 2 0 Randy McCament DW 1.00 4 2 2 0 0 0 Goose Gossage BY 2.00 2 0 0 0 3 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 3 0 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Joe Magrane BYZ 7.00 7 3 3 4 6 2 John Costello BYZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0 Ken Dayley BZ [L] 1.00 2 2 2 0 0 1 SO--Candy Maldonado, Terry Kennedy, Kevin Mitchell, Greg Litton (2), Kirt Manwaring, Will Clark, Atlee Hammaker DZ, Tom Brunansky (2), Pedro Guerrero, Tony Pena, Vince Coleman, Milt Thompson, Jose Oquendo, Terry Pendleton. BB--Candy Maldonado, Kevin Mitchell, Kirt Manwaring, Will Clark, Tony Pena, Jose Oquendo.
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