The season passed the century mark, with more than 100 games now played. The Giants earned a four-game sweep in Atlanta (bettering the 2-2 real-life record). This time they had the bats to thank, as they scored at least eight runs in three of the four games. That overcame some iffy pitching, as the Braves averaged more than five runs per contest. Atlanta’s Dale Murphy hit four home runs, while the Giants’ Kevin Mitchell had three, giving him 32 for the season. After 102 games, San Francisco is now 14 wins ahead of pace.
sim 74-28, actual 60-42
July 24 — sim W 8-6 — actual W 2-0
July 25 — sim W 4-2 — actual W 5-4
July 26 — sim W 10-9 — actual L 5-4
July 27 — sim W 9-4 — actual L 10-1
July 24: Both bullpens failed to hold leads, and the Giants rallied to win the game in the ninth inning. Kevin Mitchell’s three-run homer got the Giants on the board and take a 3-2 lead in the sixth inning. The lead bounced back and forth the couple of innings, but the Braves went to the ninth with a 6-5 lead. Atlanta closer Joe Boever couldn’t get the job done, as Brett Butler had an RBI single and Mitchell knocked a two-run triple for what turned out to be the game-winner. Atlanta hit four home runs, two of them by Dale Murphy.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (8) AT 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES (6) 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES AB R H BI Brett Butler 4 2 2 1 Oddibe McDowell 5 0 2 0 Ernest Riles 5 0 0 0 Tommy Gregg 4 0 1 1 Will Clark 4 2 2 0 Lonnie Smith 3 1 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 5 1 3 5 Dale Murphy 5 2 2 3 Candy Maldonado 5 0 0 0 Darrell Evans 4 1 1 1 Matt Williams 3 1 0 0 Andres Thomas 3 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 3 1 0 0 Jeff Treadway 4 1 2 1 Jose Uribe 2 1 1 0 Bruce Benedict 3 0 1 0 Rick Reuschel BZ 2 0 0 0 John Smoltz BX 2 0 0 0 Pat Sheridan 1 0 0 2 Geronimo Berroa 1 1 1 0 Robby Thompson 0 0 0 0 Ron Gant 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 8 8 8 TOTALS 35 6 10 6 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 003 203 -- 8 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 200 002 110 -- 6 LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6, 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 7. ERR--Andres Thomas, John Smoltz BX. 2B--Jose Uribe. 3B--Kevin Mitchell. HR--Kevin Mitchell, Dale Murphy (2), Darrell Evans, Jeff Treadway. HBP--Lonnie Smith. SACB--Jose Uribe, Terry Kennedy, Robby Thompson. SB--Oddibe McDowell, Jeff Treadway. 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Rick Reuschel BZ 6.00 5 4 4 3 5 3 Jeff Brantley DY 0.00 3 1 1 0 0 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ [W] 2.00 2 1 1 1 1 1 Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES John Smoltz BX 7.00 4 5 3 3 6 1 Mark Eichhorn DYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Boever CX [L] 1.00 3 3 3 1 2 0 SO--Candy Maldonado (2), Terry Kennedy (2), Matt Williams, Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell, Ernest Riles, Andres Thomas, John Smoltz BX, Darrell Evans (2), Lonnie Smith (2), Oddibe McDowell. BB--Jose Uribe, Matt Williams, Brett Butler, Will Clark, Tommy Gregg, Andres Thomas, Lonnie Smith, Bruce Benedict.
July 25: Atlanta was looking good after a five-run sixth inning made it 9-4, but the Giants scored once in the seventh and five times in the eighth for another comeback win. Kevin Mitchell hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning. In the five-run eighth, Will Clark and Candy Maldonado both had two-run doubles.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (10) AT 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES (9)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES AB R H BI
Brett Butler 6 2 3 1 Oddibe McDowell 5 3 3 1
Robby Thompson 5 0 0 0 Tommy Gregg 4 1 1 0
Will Clark 4 2 3 3 Lonnie Smith 5 0 2 1
Kevin Mitchell 4 2 2 2 Dale Murphy 3 1 1 5
Candy Maldonado 5 0 1 2 Darrell Evans 4 1 2 0
Matt Williams 3 1 0 0 Jeff Blauser 1 0 0 0
Kirt Manwaring 4 2 2 0 Andres Thomas 5 0 1 1
Jose Uribe 5 0 2 1 Jeff Treadway 4 1 1 0
Mike LaCoss CB 3 0 0 0 Bruce Benedict 4 2 2 1
Ed Jurak 2 1 0 1 Derek Lilliquist DZ 2 0 0 0
Ed Whited 2 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 10 13 10 TOTALS 39 9 13 9
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 020 020 150 -- 10
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 011 115 000 -- 9
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9, 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 7.
ERR--Robby Thompson, Jeff Treadway. 2B--Candy Maldonado,
Will Clark, Andres Thomas, Darrell Evans, Lonnie Smith,
Oddibe McDowell. HR--Kevin Mitchell, Dale Murphy, Bruce
Benedict. SACF--Dale Murphy. SB--Brett Butler, Oddibe
McDowell.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike LaCoss CB 5.33 10 7 5 2 3 1
Kelly Downs DYZ [W] 1.67 3 2 0 0 1 1
Goose Gossage BY [S] 2.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES
Derek Lilliquist DZ 6.00 6 4 4 2 3 1
Paul Assenmacher DXY 1.67 6 5 5 1 3 0
Mike Stanton BXYZ [L] 1.33 1 1 1 2 1 0
SO--Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams (2), Mike
LaCoss CB, Robby Thompson, Will Clark, Dale Murphy, Andres
Thomas (2), Lonnie Smith, Derek Lilliquist DZ. BB--Matt
Williams (2), Kevin Mitchell, Kirt Manwaring, Will Clark,
Tommy Gregg, Dale Murphy, Jeff Treadway.
July 26: The Giants broke out to a 4-0 lead, as Matt Williams had a solo home run and Pat Sheridan had a two-run double in the second inning, and Robby Thompson had an RBI double in the fourth. Scott Garrelts didn’t give up a hit until the sixth inning, but the second one was a two-run triple by Lonnie Smith to cut the lead in half. Garrelts was hit by a line drive and had to come out of the game in the seventh inning, but the Giant relievers finished it out successfully.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4) AT 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES (2)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES AB R H BI
Pat Sheridan 4 1 3 2 Oddibe McDowell 4 1 1 0
Robby Thompson 5 0 1 1 Jeff Treadway 4 0 1 0
Ken Oberkfell 3 0 0 0 Lonnie Smith 4 0 1 2
Kevin Mitchell 4 0 0 0 Dale Murphy 4 0 0 0
Candy Maldonado 3 0 0 0 Darrell Evans 3 0 0 0
Matt Williams 4 1 1 1 Andres Thomas 3 0 0 0
Terry Kennedy 4 1 1 0 Jeff Blauser 4 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 4 0 0 0 Bruce Benedict 3 0 1 0
Scott Garrelts AYZ 2 1 0 0 Marty Clary CZ 1 0 0 0
Ernest Riles 1 0 0 0 Jody Davis 0 1 0 0
John Russell 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 4 6 4 TOTALS 31 2 4 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 030 100 000 -- 4
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 000 002 000 -- 2
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7, 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 5.
ERR--Jose Uribe, Jeff Blauser. 2B--Robby Thompson, Pat
Sheridan. 3B--Lonnie Smith. HR--Matt Williams. HBP--Candy
Maldonado, Ken Oberkfell. SB--Bruce Benedict.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 6.67 3 2 2 3 5 0
Craig Lefferts BYZ 1.33 1 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES
Marty Clary CZ (L) 6.00 6 4 4 2 6 1
Jim Acker AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joe Boever CX 2.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
WP--Marty Clary CZ. SO--Jose Uribe, Matt Williams, Kevin
Mitchell (2), Robby Thompson (3), Ken Oberkfell, Pat
Sheridan, Dale Murphy, Darrell Evans, Lonnie Smith, Jeff
Blauser, Jeff Treadway, Bruce Benedict. BB--Scott Garrelts
AYZ, Pat Sheridan, Andres Thomas, Darrell Evans, Jody Davis.
July 27: The Giants took a 3-1 lead in the third after RBI doubles by Greg Litton and Candy Maldonado, and an RBI single by Matt Williams. They scored four more in the fourth inning, as Will Clark hit a three-run homer and Kevin Mitchell followed with a solo shot. Kirt Manwaring and Jose Uribe added RBI singles in the seventh inning.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (9) AT 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES (4)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES AB R H BI
Donell Nixon 5 2 2 0 Oddibe McDowell 4 0 0 0
Greg Litton 5 1 1 1 Jeff Blauser 4 1 2 2
Will Clark 5 1 1 3 Lonnie Smith 4 0 0 0
Kevin Mitchell 5 1 2 1 Dale Murphy 4 1 2 1
Candy Maldonado 3 1 1 1 Andres Thomas 4 0 2 0
Matt Williams 5 1 2 1 Darrell Evans 4 0 1 0
Kirt Manwaring 4 1 1 1 Jody Davis 4 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 5 0 2 1 Ed Whited 4 1 1 0
Atlee Hammaker DZ 4 1 0 0 Tom Glavine CZ 1 0 0 0
Geronimo Berroa 1 0 0 0
Jeff Treadway 1 1 1 1
TOTALS 41 9 12 9 TOTALS 35 4 9 4
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 003 400 200 -- 9
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 011 000 020 -- 4
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 8, 1989 ATLANTA BRAVES 4.
ERR--Jose Uribe, Jeff Blauser, Ed Whited. 2B--Candy
Maldonado, Matt Williams, Greg Litton, Jeff Treadway.
HR--Kevin Mitchell, Will Clark, Dale Murphy, Jeff Blauser.
HBP--Kirt Manwaring. SB--Donell Nixon.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Atlee Hammaker DZ [W] 7.00 5 2 2 0 3 2
Randy McCament DW 1.00 3 2 2 0 1 0
Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
1989 ATLANTA BRAVES
Tom Glavine CZ [L] 5.00 9 7 7 2 1 2
Paul Assenmacher DXY 3.00 3 2 2 0 2 0
Jose Alvarez CX 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
BALK--Paul Assenmacher DXYZ. SO--Matt Williams, Kevin
Mitchell, Greg Litton, Will Clark, Dale Murphy, Andres
Thomas, Lonnie Smith, Geronimo Berroa, Ed Whited. BB--Candy
Maldonado (2).
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