There must have been some sort of post-All-Star break hangover, as the Giants went on just their second three-game losing streak of the campaign. Pittsburgh came into San Francisco and won the first three contests before Scott Garrelts and Terry Kennedy put an end to it in the finale. After 91 games, the Giants are 12 wins ahead of pace.
sim 66-25, actual 54-37
July 13 — sim L 3-2 — actual W 3-2
July 14 — sim L 7-1 — actual L 7-4
July 15 — sim L 2-0 — actual W 8-3
July 16 — sim W 3-2 — actual W 3-1
July 13: Pittsburgh built a 3-0 lead with the help of a two-run homer by Gary Redus in the fourth inning. San Francisco got on the board with a two-run homer by Pat Sheridan in the fifth inning. But that would be the only time in the game that the Giants would advance a runner past first base. San Francisco managed just three hits.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (3) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2) 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Barry Bonds 3 1 0 0 Brett Butler 4 0 1 0 Jose Lind 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0 Andy Van Slyke 4 0 1 0 Will Clark 3 0 1 0 Bobby Bonilla 4 0 2 1 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 0 0 RJ Reynolds 3 1 0 0 Terry Kennedy 3 1 0 0 Gary Redus 4 1 1 2 Ernest Riles 3 0 0 0 Mike LaValliere 4 0 0 0 Pat Sheridan 3 1 1 2 Rey Quinones 4 0 3 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Bob Walk C 2 0 0 0 Don Robinson BZ 2 0 0 0 Junior Ortiz 1 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0 John Cangelosi 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 3 8 3 TOTALS 30 2 3 2 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 100 200 000 -- 3 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 020 000 -- 2 LOB--1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 3. ERR--Bobby Bonilla, Robby Thompson. HR--Gary Redus, Pat Sheridan. 1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR Bob Walk C [W] 6.00 3 2 2 1 4 1 Bob Kipper BY 2.00 0 0 0 0 3 0 Bill Landrum AYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Don Robinson BZ [L] 7.00 6 3 3 2 4 1 Jeff Brantley DY 2.00 2 0 0 0 2 0 BALK--Don Robinson BZ. SO--John Cangelosi, Gary Redus, Mike LaValliere, Andy Van Slyke (2), Bobby Bonilla, Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado, Terry Kennedy (2), Kevin Mitchell, Pat Sheridan, Ernest Riles. BB--RJ Reynolds, Barry Bonds, Terry Kennedy, Will Clark.
July 14: Coming off his All-Star Game start, Rick Reuschel was roughed up for five runs in the first three innings, and there was no coming back from that for the Giants. Bobby Bonilla hit a two-run homer in the third inning and Mike LaValliere had RBI singles in the second, third and ninth innings. Down 5-0 in the eighth, the Giants loaded the bases with no one out but could only manage a single run on an RBI fielder’s choice by Kevin Mitchell.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (7) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1)
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Barry Bonds 5 0 1 0 Brett Butler 5 1 3 0
Jose Lind 5 1 1 0 Robby Thompson 3 0 0 0
Andy Van Slyke 5 1 1 1 Will Clark 4 0 1 0
Bobby Bonilla 4 2 2 2 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 0 1
RJ Reynolds 4 1 1 0 Terry Kennedy 4 0 0 0
Gary Redus 3 2 0 0 Ernest Riles 4 0 1 0
Mike LaValliere 4 0 4 3 Pat Sheridan 4 0 0 0
Rafael Belliard 5 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 4 0 1 0
Doug Drabek BZ 3 0 0 0 Rick Reuschel BZ 1 0 1 0
Glenn Wilson 1 0 1 1 Greg Litton 1 0 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 1 0 1 0
Ed Jurak 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 39 7 11 7 TOTALS 35 1 9 1
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 014 000 002 -- 7
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 010 -- 1
LOB--1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 12, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
9. ERR--Jose Uribe. 2B--Andy Van Slyke, Jose Uribe, Brett
Butler. HR--Bobby Bonilla. HBP--Robby Thompson. SB--Gary
Redus (2), Barry Bonds.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Doug Drabek BZ [W] 8.00 7 1 1 1 5 0
Doug Bair AXZ 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Rick Reuschel BZ [L] 5.00 6 5 5 4 6 1
Kelly Downs DYZ 3.00 2 0 0 2 6 0
Randy McCament DW 1.00 3 2 2 1 2 0
SO--Gary Redus (3), Doug Drabek BZ, Rafael Belliard (3),
Barry Bonds (2), Andy Van Slyke, Jose Lind (2), Bobby
Bonilla (2), Jose Uribe, Greg Litton, Robby Thompson, Will
Clark, Ernest Riles. BB--RJ Reynolds, Gary Redus (2), Mike
LaValliere, Doug Drabek BZ, Barry Bonds, Bobby Bonilla,
Kevin Mitchell.
July 15: John Smiley and Bill Landrum combined on a three-hit shutout to complete the sweep. I rolled a triple play for the first time ever, and unfortunately it came on Will Clark lining out to the second baseman with runners on first and second base in the first inning. Jose Uribe had two of the three Giant hits. The Pirates got a solo home run by Gary Redus in the fifth and a two-out RBI single by Jose Lind in the eighth.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (0)
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Barry Bonds 3 0 1 0 Brett Butler 4 0 1 0
Jose Lind 4 0 1 1 Robby Thompson 3 0 0 0
Andy Van Slyke 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 3 0 0 0
Bobby Bonilla 3 0 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 0 0
Glenn Wilson 4 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 2 0 0 0
Gary Redus 4 1 1 1 Greg Litton 3 0 0 0
Junior Ortiz 4 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 3 0 0 0
Rafael Belliard 4 1 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 2 0
John Smiley BYZ 2 0 0 0 Mike LaCoss CB 2 0 0 0
Terry Kennedy 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 5 2 TOTALS 27 0 3 0
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 000 010 010 -- 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 6, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2.
ERR--Jose Uribe, Brett Butler, Will Clark. 2B--Jose Uribe,
Brett Butler. HR--Gary Redus. HBP--Robby Thompson.
SACB--John Smiley BYZ.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Smiley BYZ [W] 8.00 3 0 0 1 7 0
Bill Landrum AYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Mike LaCoss CB [L] 8.00 4 2 1 1 6 1
Goose Gossage BY 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
WP--Mike LaCoss CB. SO--Gary Redus, Rafael Belliard (2),
Glenn Wilson, Andy Van Slyke (2), Bobby Bonilla, Jose Uribe,
Candy Maldonado, Terry Kennedy, Kevin Mitchell, Greg Litton,
Mike LaCoss CB, Robby Thompson, Kirt Manwaring. BB--Barry
Bonds, Bobby Bonilla, Candy Maldonado.
July 16: Scott Garrelts ended the losing streak with his 16th victory, and Terry Kennedy drove in all three runs. The Pirates got the scoring started with a Glenn Wilson solo homer in the top of the second, but Kennedy hit a two-run shot in the second inning. In the fourth, Kevin Mitchell and Kennedy hit back-to-back doubles to make it 3-1. The Pirates got their second run in the seventh inning, but relievers Jeff Brantley and Steve Bedrosian kept Pittsburgh from getting any more in the final two innings.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3)
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRA AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Barry Bonds 4 0 2 0 Brett Butler 4 0 1 0
Jose Lind 3 0 1 0 Robby Thompson 3 0 0 0
Andy Van Slyke 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 0 0 0
Bobby Bonilla 4 0 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 2 3 0
Glenn Wilson 3 2 1 1 Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0
Benny Distefano 3 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 3 1 2 3
Mike LaValliere 4 0 1 1 Ken Oberkfell 3 0 0 0
Rafael Belliard 3 0 0 0 Pat Sheridan 3 0 0 0
Jeff Robinson DY 2 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0
John Cangelosi 1 0 0 0 Scott Garrelts AYZ 2 0 0 0
Greg Litton 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 2 6 2 TOTALS 30 3 6 3
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 010 000 100 -- 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 020 100 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES 5, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 4.
ERR--Neal Heaton CBZ. 2B--Barry Bonds, Jose Lind, Terry
Kennedy, Kevin Mitchell. 3B--Bobby Bonilla. HR--Glenn
Wilson, Terry Kennedy. SACB--Jose Lind. SB--Kevin Mitchell.
1989 PITTSBURGH PIRATES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jeff Robinson DY [L] 6.00 6 3 3 1 4 1
Neal Heaton CBZ 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 7.00 5 2 2 2 6 1
Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
SO--Rafael Belliard (2), Andy Van Slyke (3), Jose Lind,
Bobby Bonilla (2), Scott Garrelts AYZ, Robby Thompson, Ken
Oberkfell (2), Pat Sheridan. BB--Benny Distefano, Glenn
Wilson, Robby Thompson.
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