The Giants nearly pulled off a home sweep of the Reds, but blew a seven-run lead in the finale to see their six-game winning streak come to an end. Kevin Mitchell homered twice, giving him 38 on the season. After 115 games, the Giants are now 16 wins ahead of pace.
sim 82-33, actual 66-49
August 7 — sim W 8-4 — actual L 10-2
August 8 — sim W 6-3 — actual L 10-4
August 9 — sim W 4-1 — actual W 10-1
August 10 — sim L 8-7 — actual W 4-3
August 7 — Terry Kennedy homered twice for the Giants, including a three-run shot in the second inning. The Reds’ Rolando Roomes tied it with a three-run homer of his own in the fifth inning. But the Giants scored five times in the sixth innings thanks to a Will Clark RBI single, a three-run home run by Kevin Mitchell and a solo blast by Kennedy.
1989 CINCINNATI REDS (4) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (8) 1989 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Mariano Duncan 5 0 1 0 Brett Butler 3 1 0 0 Luis Quinones 5 1 3 0 Robby Thompson 3 1 0 0 Eric Davis 4 2 3 0 Will Clark 4 1 1 1 Ken Griffey Sr 5 0 2 1 Kevin Mitchell 4 2 2 3 Rolando Roomes 5 1 2 3 Matt Williams 4 0 0 0 Todd Benzinger 5 0 1 0 Pat Sheridan 3 1 1 0 Jeff Reed 4 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 4 2 2 4 Ron Oester 3 0 1 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 1 0 Ron Robinson D 2 0 0 0 Jeff Brantley DY 3 0 0 0 Paul ONeill 1 0 1 0 TOTALS 39 4 14 4 TOTALS 31 8 7 8 1989 CINCINNATI REDS 000 030 001 -- 4 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 030 005 00x -- 8 LOB--1989 CINCINNATI REDS 11, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 2. 2B--Eric Davis, Paul ONeill. HR--Rolando Roomes, Terry Kennedy (2), Kevin Mitchell. HBP--Robby Thompson. SACB--Ron Robinson D. 1989 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Ron Robinson D [L] 5.00 3 6 6 2 3 1 Tim Birtsas DCXZ 2.00 3 2 2 0 4 2 Rob Dibble AXY 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Jeff Brantley DY [W] 8.00 11 3 3 2 5 1 Goose Gossage BY 1.00 3 1 1 0 0 0 PB--Terry Kennedy. SO--Ron Robinson D, Rolando Roomes (2), Ken Griffey Sr, Todd Benzinger, Matt Williams (2), Robby Thompson, Jeff Brantley DY (3), Pat Sheridan. BB--Eric Davis, Ron Oester, Brett Butler, Pat Sheridan.
August 8 — The Giants built a 5-0 lead thanks for a two-run homer by Kevin Mitchell in the first inning, an RBI single by Brett Butler in the second and a pair of Cincinnati balks in the fifth. The Reds came back with a Joe Oliver three-run homer in the sixth, but that was it for them. The Giants tacked on an eighth-inning sacrifice fly by Donell Nixon.
1989 CINCINNATI REDS (3) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (6) 1989 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Mariano Duncan 4 0 1 0 Brett Butler 4 2 3 1 Luis Quinones 1 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 3 1 1 0 Ron Oester 3 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 0 0 0 Eric Davis 5 1 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 1 1 2 Rolando Roomes 4 0 0 0 Matt Williams 4 0 0 0 Joel Youngblood 4 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 2 1 0 0 Todd Benzinger 4 1 1 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 1 1 0 Joe Oliver 4 1 1 3 Jose Uribe 4 0 0 0 Chris Sabo 4 0 2 0 Atlee Hammaker DZ 2 0 1 0 Tom Browning BZ 1 0 0 0 Greg Litton 1 0 0 0 Herm Winningham 1 0 1 0 Donell Nixon 0 0 0 1 Ken Griffey Sr 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 3 8 3 TOTALS 31 6 7 4 1989 CINCINNATI REDS 000 003 000 -- 3 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 210 020 01x -- 6 LOB--1989 CINCINNATI REDS 9, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7. ERR--Mariano Duncan. 2B--Chris Sabo, Brett Butler. HR--Joe Oliver, Kevin Mitchell. HBP--Robby Thompson. SACF--Donell Nixon. SB--Herm Winningham, Mariano Duncan, Robby Thompson. 1989 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Tom Browning BZ [L] 5.00 6 5 5 3 2 1 Norm Charlton BXY 3.00 1 1 0 1 2 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Atlee Hammaker DZ [W] 6.00 8 3 3 3 3 1 Randy McCament DW 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 BALK--Tom Browning BZ (2). SO--Tom Browning BZ, Ron Oester, Joel Youngblood, Todd Benzinger, Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams, Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson. BB--Tom Browning BZ, Mariano Duncan, Luis Quinones, Ken Griffey Sr, Candy Maldonado (2), Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell.
August 9 — The Giants scored all four of their runs early, with Robby Thompson hitting a solo home run in the first, Jose Uribe collecting an RBI single in the second, and an RBI groundout by Pat Sheridan in the third. That was enough for Don Robinson, who limited the Reds to one run over his seven innings.
1989 CINCINNATI REDS (1) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4) 1989 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Mariano Duncan 4 0 0 0 Brett Butler 4 0 0 0 Luis Quinones 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 1 2 1 Eric Davis 1 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 1 1 0 Ken Griffey Sr 3 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 1 0 0 Rolando Roomes 4 0 1 0 Matt Williams 4 1 2 0 Todd Benzinger 4 1 1 0 Pat Sheridan 4 0 1 1 Jeff Reed 4 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 3 0 0 0 Ron Oester 4 0 2 1 Jose Uribe 3 0 1 1 Rick Mahler CZ 1 0 0 0 Don Robinson BZ 3 0 0 0 Herm Winningham 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 1 4 1 TOTALS 33 4 7 3 1989 CINCINNATI REDS 010 000 000 -- 1 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 112 000 00x -- 4 LOB--1989 CINCINNATI REDS 7, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 5. ERR--Rick Mahler CZ, Rolando Roomes, Todd Benzinger. 2B--Ron Oester, Todd Benzinger, Matt Williams (2). HR--Robby Thompson. SACB--Rick Mahler CZ. 1989 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Rick Mahler CZ [L] 6.00 7 4 2 0 4 1 John Franco BY 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Don Robinson BZ [W] 7.00 3 1 1 3 4 0 Goose Gossage BY 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0 SO--Rolando Roomes, Mariano Duncan (2), Ron Oester, Luis Quinones (2), Jose Uribe, Terry Kennedy, Kevin Mitchell, Don Robinson BZ, Will Clark. BB--Eric Davis (3), Ken Griffey Sr.
August 10 — A 7-0 lead wasn’t enough for the Giants. Kevin Mitchell had a two-run triple in the third inning, Matt Williams had a three-run homer in the fifth and Robby Thompson had an RBI double in the sixth. But things fell apart late, as the Reds put together eight runs on 10 hits in the seventh and eight innings.
1989 CINCINNATI REDS (8) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (7) 1989 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Luis Quinones 3 2 1 2 Brett Butler 5 2 3 0 Mariano Duncan 4 0 2 2 Robby Thompson 4 1 3 2 Eric Davis 5 0 3 3 Will Clark 4 2 2 0 Rolando Roomes 5 0 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 5 1 2 2 Joel Youngblood 5 1 1 0 Matt Williams 5 1 1 3 Todd Benzinger 5 2 3 0 Pat Sheridan 3 0 0 0 Joe Oliver 5 1 2 0 Terry Kennedy 3 0 0 0 Chris Sabo 5 1 1 1 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Scott Scudder DYW 2 0 1 0 Kelly Downs DYZ 3 0 0 0 Ron Oester 1 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 1 0 0 0 Ken Griffey Sr 1 1 1 0 Herm Winningham 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 42 8 16 8 TOTALS 36 7 11 7 1989 CINCINNATI REDS 000 000 350 -- 8 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 003 031 000 -- 7 LOB--1989 CINCINNATI REDS 10, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7. 2B--Eric Davis, Brett Butler, Robby Thompson. 3B--Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell. HR--Matt Williams. HBP--Mariano Duncan. SB--Rolando Roomes. 1989 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Scott Scudder DYW 6.00 10 7 7 4 8 1 Rob Dibble AXY [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Norm Charlton BXY 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 John Franco BY [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 2 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Kelly Downs DYZ 7.33 13 7 7 1 10 0 Randy McCament DW [L] 0.67 2 1 1 1 1 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 SO--Rolando Roomes (4), Eric Davis (2), Chris Sabo, Mariano Duncan, Scott Scudder DYW, Ron Oester, Luis Quinones, Jose Uribe (2), Terry Kennedy, Matt Williams (2), Kevin Mitchell (2), Kelly Downs DYZ, Robby Thompson, Will Clark, Pat Sheridan. BB--Luis Quinones (2), Jose Uribe, Terry Kennedy, Robby Thompson, Will Clark, Pat Sheridan.
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