The Giants won the opener at Chavez Ravine to improve to 7-0 against the Dodgers this season. But, LA bounced back to win the next two, just as they did in real life. The run differential in each game was almost spot on. The Giants won by three in game one (exact), the Dodgers won by two in game two (it was actually three), the Dodgers won by three in game three (exact). After 108 games, the Giants remain 14 wins ahead of pace.
sim 76-32, actual 62-46
August 1 — sim W 3-0 — actual W 5-2
August 2 — sim L 4-2 (12) — actual L 7-4
August 3 — sim L 4-1 — actual L 6-3
August 1 — Scott Garrelts threw his fourth (!) one-hitter of the season and his seventh shutout. He retired the game’s first 15 batters before Jeff Hamilton led off the sixth inning with a double. Garrelts then put down the next 12 hitters in a row. All three Giants runs came in the first inning thanks to a Kevin Mitchell RBI single and a Candy Maldonado two-run double.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3) AT 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (0)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Brett Butler 4 1 2 0 Alfredo Griffin 4 0 0 0
Robby Thompson 3 0 0 0 Willie Randolph 3 0 0 0
Will Clark 4 1 1 0 Kal Daniels 3 0 0 0
Kevin Mitchell 4 1 2 1 Eddie Murray 3 0 0 0
Candy Maldonado 3 0 1 2 Mike Marshall 3 0 0 0
Matt Williams 4 0 0 0 Franklin Stubbs 3 0 0 0
Greg Litton 3 0 0 0 Jeff Hamilton 3 0 1 0
Kirt Manwaring 4 0 0 0 Mike Scioscia 3 0 0 0
Scott Garrelts AYZ 4 0 1 0 Fernando Valenzuela 1 0 0 0
Dave Anderson 1 0 0 0
Jose Gonzalez 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 7 3 TOTALS 28 0 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 300 000 000 -- 3
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6, 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
1. 2B--Candy Maldonado, Kevin Mitchell, Jeff Hamilton.
HBP--Greg Litton.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 9.00 1 0 0 0 6 0
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Fernando Valenzuela [L} 6.00 7 3 3 2 6 0
Alejandro Pena AXZ 3.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
SO--Candy Maldonado, Kevin Mitchell, Greg Litton, Scott
Garrelts AYZ, Robby Thompson, Kirt Manwaring, Will Clark,
Mike Scioscia, Kal Daniels, Mike Marshall (2), Fernando
Valenzuela , Eddie Murray. BB--Candy Maldonado, Robby
Thompson.
August 2 — The Dodgers’ Kal Daniels hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the 12th inning. The Giants scored their runs early on an Ernest Riles sacrifice fly in the first and a Kevin Mitchell RBI double in the third. And though they would keep moving runners into scoring position, no more came home and a total of 14 runners were left on base. The Dodgers tied it with a two-run homer by Mike Marshall in the fourth inning.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2) AT 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (4)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI
Brett Butler 4 0 1 0 Alfredo Griffin 4 0 1 0
Robby Thompson 4 1 1 0 Willie Randolph 4 0 1 0
Will Clark 6 1 1 0 Mickey Hatcher 5 0 2 0
Kevin Mitchell 5 0 1 1 Eddie Murray 5 1 1 0
Ernest Riles 4 0 0 1 Mike Marshall 5 1 1 2
Matt Williams 6 0 0 0 Jeff Hamilton 4 0 1 0
Greg Litton 6 0 1 0 Jose Gonzalez 5 0 0 0
Terry Kennedy 4 0 1 0 Mike Scioscia 4 1 0 0
Atlee Hammaker DZ 2 0 1 0 Ramon Martinez CX 2 0 0 0
Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0 Lenny Harris 1 0 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 1 0 0 0 Rick Dempsey 1 0 0 0
Kal Daniels 1 1 1 2
TOTALS 43 2 7 2 TOTALS 41 4 8 4
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 101 000 000 000 -- 2
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 200 000 002 -- 4
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 14, 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
7. ERR--Willie Randolph (2). 2B--Kevin Mitchell, Atlee
Hammaker DZ. HR--Kal Daniels, Mike Marshall. HBP--Robby
Thompson. SACB--Atlee Hammaker DZ. SB--Will Clark, Eddie
Murray.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Atlee Hammaker DZ 8.00 5 2 2 1 1 1
Goose Gossage BY 1.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
Jeff Brantley DY [L] 2.33 1 2 2 3 3 1
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Ramon Martinez CX 8.00 6 2 2 5 7 0
Mike Morgan BZ 2.00 1 0 0 2 3 0
Jay Howell A&CYZ [W] 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
PB--Mike Scioscia. SO--Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams, Brett
Butler, Kevin Mitchell, Greg Litton (2), Robby Thompson (2),
Will Clark (2), Ernest Riles, Jose Gonzalez, Mickey Hatcher,
Mike Marshall (2), Lenny Harris, Eddie Murray. BB--Terry
Kennedy, Brett Butler (2), Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson,
Ernest Riles (2), Mike Scioscia, Willie Randolph, Alfredo
Griffin, Jeff Hamilton.
August 3 — Orel Hershiser nearly matched Scott Garrelts’ outing. He had only given up one hit in the first seven innings, but Will Clark’s RBI double in the eighth inning broke up the shutout and gave SF its second hit. However, the Dodgers were already up 2-0 at that point and they tacked on two more insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1) AT 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (4) 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI Brett Butler 3 0 0 0 Alfredo Griffin 5 0 2 2 Ken Oberkfell 3 1 0 0 Willie Randolph 4 0 1 0 Will Clark 4 0 1 1 Mickey Hatcher 4 0 1 1 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 0 0 Eddie Murray 4 0 2 0 Matt Williams 4 0 0 0 Mike Marshall 4 1 2 0 Pat Sheridan 3 0 0 0 Jeff Hamilton 4 1 1 0 Terry Kennedy 4 0 0 0 Jose Gonzalez 4 0 1 1 Jose Uribe 2 0 0 0 Rick Dempsey 4 1 1 0 Kelly Downs DYZ 1 0 1 0 Orel Hershiser AYZ 2 1 0 0 Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0 Lenny Harris 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 28 1 2 1 TOTALS 36 4 11 4 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 010 -- 1 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 001 001 02x -- 4 LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6, 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 10. ERR--Brett Butler, Ken Oberkfell (2), Jeff Hamilton. 2B--Will Clark, Rick Dempsey. SACB--Kelly Downs DYZ, Orel Hershiser AYZ. SB--Willie Randolph, Mike Marshall. 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Kelly Downs DYZ [L] 7.00 9 2 1 1 2 0 Randy McCament DW 1.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS Orel Hershiser AYZ [W] 8.00 2 1 1 5 4 0 Alejandro Pena AXZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 SO--Jose Uribe, Matt Williams, Brett Butler, Will Clark, Pat Sheridan, Jose Gonzalez, Alfredo Griffin. BB--Jose Uribe, Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell, Ken Oberkfell, Pat Sheridan, Willie Randolph.
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