The Giants managed a two-game split at Chicago, doing better than the one win they posted there in reality. Other than a shutout to open the series, the pitching wasn’t up to its usual standard. After 98 games, San Francisco is 12 wins ahead of pace.
sim 70-28, actual 58-40
July 20 — sim W 8-0 — actual L 4-3
July 21 — sim L 5-1 — actual W 4-3
July 22 — sim L 5-4 (10) — actual L 5-2
July 23 — sim W 6-4 — actual L 9-5
July 20: The Giants pounded out 19 hits in a series-opening rout. All eight fielders had at least one hit, and five players had at least three hits, including a 4-for-5 effort by Will Clark. Mike LaCoss threw a two-hit shutout and only allowed one runner to reach second base as he improved to 11-3. Greg Litton had a two-run single in the first and Donell Nixon knocked a two-run double in the sixth.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (8) AT 1989 CHICAGO CUBS (0)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Brett Butler 6 1 3 1 Jerome Walton 4 0 0 0
Robby Thompson 6 1 1 0 Ryne Sandberg 4 0 0 0
Will Clark 5 2 4 1 Mitch Webster 4 0 0 0
Candy Maldonado 4 1 3 1 Mark Grace 3 0 1 0
Greg Litton 5 1 3 2 Damon Berryhill 2 0 1 0
Donell Nixon 5 2 3 2 Lloyd McClendon 3 0 0 0
Kirt Manwaring 4 0 1 1 Vance Law 2 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 5 0 1 0 Andre Dawson 1 0 0 0
Mike LaCoss CB 5 0 0 0 Shawon Dunston 3 0 0 0
Paul Kilgus D 1 0 0 0
Curtis Wilkerson 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 45 8 19 8 TOTALS 29 0 2 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 301 013 000 -- 8
1989 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 12, 1989 CHICAGO CUBS 3.
ERR--Jose Uribe. 2B--Greg Litton, Will Clark, Donell Nixon
(2).
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike LaCoss CB [W] 9.00 2 0 0 1 6 0
1989 CHICAGO CUBS
Paul Kilgus D [L] 5.00 15 7 7 2 5 0
Jeff Pico DCZ 3.00 4 1 1 0 1 0
Calvin Schiraldi DCY 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
SO--Greg Litton, Mike LaCoss CB (4), Robby Thompson, Kirt
Manwaring (2), Lloyd McClendon, Shawon Dunston, Jerome
Walton, Vance Law, Mitch Webster (2). BB--Candy Maldonado,
Kirt Manwaring, Damon Berryhill.
July 21: Scott Garrelts suffered just his second loss of the season. He gave up a two-run double to Mark Grace in the first inning, and left after six innings when it was 2-1. The Giants scored in the sixth, but it came on a double play. Chicago put the game out of reach with a three-run seventh, which included a two-run homer by Andre Dawson.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1) AT 1989 CHICAGO CUBS (5) 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI Brett Butler 4 0 1 0 Jerome Walton 3 1 1 0 Robby Thompson 4 1 1 0 Ryne Sandberg 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 3 0 1 0 Dwight Smith 4 2 2 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 0 0 Mark Grace 4 0 1 2 Ernest Riles 4 0 0 0 Andre Dawson 3 1 1 2 Terry Kennedy 2 0 0 0 Lloyd McClendon 3 1 1 0 Pat Sheridan 3 0 0 0 Damon Berryhill 3 0 1 1 Jose Uribe 4 0 1 0 Shawon Dunston 3 0 0 0 Scott Garrelts AYZ 1 0 0 0 Rick Sutcliffe CYZ 2 0 0 0 Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0 Domingo Ramos 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 1 4 0 TOTALS 30 5 7 5 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 001 000 -- 1 1989 CHICAGO CUBS 200 000 30x -- 5 LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7, 1989 CHICAGO CUBS 2. 2B--Lloyd McClendon, Mark Grace. HR--Andre Dawson. SACB--Pat Sheridan. SB--Dwight Smith. 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Scott Garrelts AYZ [L] 6.00 2 2 2 1 2 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ 2.00 5 3 3 0 0 1 1989 CHICAGO CUBS Rick Sutcliffe CYZ [W] 7.00 3 1 1 4 3 0 Steve Wilson DY 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 Mitch Williams BXW 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 BALK--Rick Sutcliffe CYZ. SO--Brett Butler, Robby Thompson (2), Pat Sheridan (2), Andre Dawson, Ryne Sandberg. BB--Terry Kennedy (2), Kevin Mitchell, Scott Garrelts AYZ, Will Clark, Jerome Walton.
July 22: The Giants led 3-0 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and also took a lead in the top of the 10th, but managed to lose this one. Atlee Hammaker had a shutout going but the first three Chicago batters reached base to load the bases. Steve Bedrosian came in and got a double play, but after walking the next batter to load the bases again, Joe Girardi tied the game with a triple. Kevin Mitchell — who homered in the second and fifth innings, led off the 10th with a double and scored on a Candy Maldonado single. But in the bottom of the 10th, the Cubs strung together three hits, including a walk-off RBI double by Andre Dawson.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4) AT 1989 CHICAGO CUBS (5)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Brett Butler 5 0 2 0 Jerome Walton 5 0 1 0
Robby Thompson 5 1 2 0 Ryne Sandberg 5 1 1 0
Will Clark 5 0 0 0 Mark Grace 4 1 2 1
Kevin Mitchell 5 3 4 3 Andre Dawson 5 1 3 1
Ernest Riles 4 0 0 0 Lloyd McClendon 2 1 0 0
Candy Maldonado 5 0 2 1 Vance Law 4 0 0 0
Terry Kennedy 5 0 2 0 Shawon Dunston 3 1 0 0
Jose Uribe 5 0 2 0 Joe Girardi 4 0 2 3
Atlee Hammaker DZ 4 0 1 0 Scott Sanderson DCYZ 1 0 0 0
Dwight Smith 1 0 0 0
Mitch Webster 1 0 0 0
Curtis Wilkerson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 43 4 15 4 TOTALS 36 5 9 5
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 010 020 000 1 -- 4
1989 CHICAGO CUBS 000 000 003 2 -- 5
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10, 1989 CHICAGO CUBS 7.
2B--Kevin Mitchell, Andre Dawson, Mark Grace. 3B--Joe
Girardi. HR--Kevin Mitchell (2). SACB--Ernest Riles.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Atlee Hammaker DZ 8.00 5 2 2 3 6 0
Steve Bedrosian BY [L] 1.33 4 3 3 1 1 0
1989 CHICAGO CUBS
Scott Sanderson DCYZ 5.00 8 3 3 0 9 2
Les Lancaster A&CXZ 3.00 3 0 0 0 3 0
Jeff Pico DCZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0
Calvin Schiraldi DCY [W] 1.00 3 1 1 0 0 0
SO--Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado (3), Brett Butler, Robby
Thompson, Will Clark (4), Ernest Riles (2), Atlee Hammaker
DZ (2), Scott Sanderson DCYZ, Shawon Dunston (2), Jerome
Walton (2), Vance Law, Mitch Webster. BB--Lloyd McClendon
(2), Mark Grace, Shawon Dunston.
July 23: Kevin Mitchell homered again, his 29th of the season, and his three-run shot made it 4-2 in the top of the third. Jose Uribe made it 5-2 with an RBI triple in the fourth. Chicago trimmed the deficit to 5-4 with another Andre Dawson home run. That would be it for the Cubs, however, and Will Clark added an insurance run with an RBI double in the eighth.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (6) AT 1989 CHICAGO CUBS (4)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI
Brett Butler 4 1 1 0 Jerome Walton 5 0 2 1
Robby Thompson 4 1 1 0 Ryne Sandberg 5 1 2 0
Will Clark 3 1 1 1 Dwight Smith 4 0 1 0
Kevin Mitchell 3 1 1 3 Mark Grace 5 1 1 0
Ken Oberkfell 3 1 0 0 Andre Dawson 5 1 2 3
Candy Maldonado 3 1 1 0 Damon Berryhill 4 0 1 0
Terry Kennedy 4 0 0 1 Vance Law 4 0 1 0
Jose Uribe 4 0 1 1 Shawon Dunston 4 1 1 0
Don Robinson BZ 2 0 0 0 Greg Maddux BYZ 1 0 0 0
Donell Nixon 1 0 0 0 Mitch Webster 1 0 1 0
Curtis Wilkerson 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 31 6 6 6 TOTALS 39 4 12 4
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 013 100 010 -- 6
1989 CHICAGO CUBS 110 020 000 -- 4
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2, 1989 CHICAGO CUBS 10.
ERR--Jose Uribe, Robby Thompson (2), Vance Law. 2B--Will
Clark. 3B--Jose Uribe, Robby Thompson. HR--Kevin Mitchell,
Andre Dawson. SACB--Greg Maddux BYZ. SB--Candy Maldonado,
Jerome Walton.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Don Robinson BZ [W] 6.00 9 4 3 1 2 1
Randy McCament DW 2.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
Goose Gossage BY [S] 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CHICAGO CUBS
Greg Maddux BYZ [L] 6.00 4 5 5 4 1 1
Les Lancaster A&CXZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Wilson DY 1.00 2 1 1 0 0 0
Mitch Williams BXW 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
SO--Jose Uribe, Terry Kennedy, Robby Thompson, Shawon
Dunston, Ryne Sandberg, Jerome Walton. BB--Candy Maldonado,
Kevin Mitchell, Ken Oberkfell, Will Clark, Dwight Smith.
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