The Giants opened the St. Louis series with two blowouts, just like they did in real life. Instead of being swept, which is what actually happened, the Cardinals turned the tables and earned a blowout win of their own. After 94 games, the Giants are 11 wins ahead of pace.
sim 68-26, actual 57-37
July 17 — sim W 6-0 — actual W 8-4
July 18 — sim W 6-2 — actual W 7-3
July 19 — sim L 8-2 — actual W 7-5
July 17: Atlee Hammaker pitched an excellent eight innings en route to a combined shutout and the Giants put together a 16-hit effort, with four by Jose Uribe and three apiece by Will Clark and Candy Maldonado. Maldonado had an RBI single in the first and it stayed 1-0 until the sixth. The Giants scored three times on RBI singles by Maldonado, Jose Uribe and Hammaker. Will Clark added a two-run single in the eighth.
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (0) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (6) 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Vince Coleman 4 0 1 0 Brett Butler 5 0 1 0 Jose Oquendo 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 1 1 0 Ozzie Smith 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 5 1 3 2 Pedro Guerrero 4 0 2 0 Candy Maldonado 5 0 3 2 Tom Brunansky 4 0 1 0 Ernest Riles 4 0 2 0 Terry Pendleton 4 0 0 0 Donell Nixon 4 1 0 0 Milt Thompson 4 0 2 0 Kirt Manwaring 3 1 0 0 Tony Pena 3 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 4 1 4 1 Ted Power DZ 2 0 0 0 Atlee Hammaker DZ 2 0 1 1 Denny Walling 0 0 0 0 Ed Jurak 1 1 1 0 John Morris 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 0 6 0 TOTALS 37 6 16 6 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 000 -- 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 100 003 02x -- 6 LOB--1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 10, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10. ERR--Jose Uribe. 2B--Pedro Guerrero, Jose Uribe. 3B--Will Clark. HBP--Kirt Manwaring. SACB--Atlee Hammaker DZ. SB--Milt Thompson, Jose Uribe. 1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR Ted Power DZ [L] 5.67 10 4 4 0 4 0 Frank DiPino BZ 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dan Quisenberry BZ 2.00 5 2 2 1 1 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Atlee Hammaker DZ [W] 8.00 5 0 0 2 5 0 Randy McCament DW 1.00 1 0 0 1 2 0 BALK--Ted Power DZ. SO--Tom Brunansky (3), Vince Coleman, Ted Power DZ, John Morris, Terry Pendleton, Brett Butler, Donell Nixon (3), Atlee Hammaker DZ. BB--Tony Pena, Vince Coleman, Denny Walling, Robby Thompson.
July 18: Will Clark almost hit for the cycle, as he homered, tripled and singled in his first three plate appearances. A 33 would have given him the cycle, but it came up 34 and he flew out. Clark’s solo shot made it 1-0 in the first and Jose Uribe’s first home run of the season made it 3-0 in the second. Pittsburgh closed to within 3-2 in the top of the seventh after back-to-back homers by Terry Pendleton and Tom Brunansky, but the Giants put the game away with three runs in the eighth after three consecutive RBI singles by Kirt Manwaring, Uribe and pinch-hitter Ken Oberkfell.
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (6)
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Vince Coleman 3 0 0 0 Brett Butler 5 0 1 0
Milt Thompson 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0
Ozzie Smith 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 1 3 1
Pedro Guerrero 3 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 4 1 1 0
Terry Pendleton 4 1 2 1 Ernest Riles 4 0 0 0
Tom Brunansky 4 1 2 1 Donell Nixon 3 1 0 0
Jose Oquendo 4 0 2 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 2 2 1
Tony Pena 4 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 4 1 2 3
Ken Hill CYW 2 0 0 0 Don Robinson BZ 2 0 0 0
Tom Pagnozzi 1 0 0 0 Greg Litton 1 0 1 0
Ken Oberkfell 1 0 1 1
TOTALS 33 2 7 2 TOTALS 36 6 11 6
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 000 000 200 -- 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 120 000 03x -- 6
LOB--1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 6, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
7. ERR--Milt Thompson. 2B--Candy Maldonado. 3B--Will Clark.
HR--Tom Brunansky, Terry Pendleton, Jose Uribe, Will Clark.
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ken Hill CYW [L] 7.00 7 3 3 0 5 2
Ken Dayley BZ 1.00 4 3 3 1 0 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Don Robinson BZ [W] 7.00 5 2 2 1 2 2
Craig Lefferts BYZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
SO--Ken Hill CYW, Tom Pagnozzi, Vince Coleman, Jose Uribe,
Don Robinson BZ, Robby Thompson (2), Ernest Riles. BB--Pedro
Guerrero, Vince Coleman, Donell Nixon.
July 19: The Cardinals lit up Kelly Downs for six runs in the first two innings. The Giants could only manage a solo home run by Robby Thompson in the first and an RBI single by Ernest Riles in the fourth.
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (8) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2)
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDI AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Vince Coleman 5 1 1 0 Brett Butler 4 0 0 0
Jose Oquendo 5 2 2 1 Robby Thompson 5 1 2 1
Ozzie Smith 5 2 2 0 Will Clark 4 1 0 0
Pedro Guerrero 5 0 4 4 Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 0
Tom Brunansky 5 0 0 0 Ernest Riles 4 0 2 1
Terry Pendleton 4 1 2 1 Donell Nixon 4 0 0 0
Willie McGee 5 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 0 2 0
Tony Pena 4 1 3 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0
Scott Terry DZ 3 1 1 2 Kelly Downs DYZ 2 0 0 0
Denny Walling 1 0 0 0 Greg Litton 1 0 0 0
Ed Jurak 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 42 8 15 8 TOTALS 36 2 7 2
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 150 001 001 -- 8
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 100 100 000 -- 2
LOB--1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 8, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
9. ERR--Pedro Guerrero, Ozzie Smith, Scott Terry DZ, Jose
Uribe, Donell Nixon. 2B--Pedro Guerrero. 3B--Ozzie Smith.
HR--Robby Thompson. SB--Tony Pena, Vince Coleman.
1989 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott Terry DZ [W] 7.00 4 2 1 1 10 1
Frank DiPino BZ 2.00 3 0 0 1 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Kelly Downs DYZ [L] 7.00 13 7 7 1 7 0
Randy McCament DW 2.00 2 1 0 0 1 0
SO--Tom Brunansky (2), Vince Coleman, Willie McGee (3),
Ozzie Smith, Scott Terry DZ, Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado
(2), Brett Butler (2), Will Clark, Ernest Riles, Donell
Nixon (4). BB--Terry Pendleton, Jose Uribe, Brett Butler.
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