The results here followed real life, with a series-opening victory for the Giants followed by two Dodger wins. Will Clark hit his 20th home run of the season in the opener. After 118 games, the Giants remain 16 wins ahead of pace.
sim 83-35, actual 67-51
August 11 — sim W 9-4 — actual W 10-2
August 12 — sim L 2-0 — actual L 5-1
August 13 — sim L 2-0 — actual L 3-2
August 11 — A day after blowing a 7-0 lead in the finale against Cincinnati, the Giants overcame a 4-0 deficit for the win. Robby Thompson broke up the shutout in the sixth inning with a two-run triple, and Will Clark followed with a home run to tie the game. Then, in the eighth, the Giants got a two-run triple from Jose Uribe, a bases-loaded walk to Robby Thompson and a two-RBI single by Clark.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (4) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (9)
1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Lenny Harris 5 0 1 1 Brett Butler 4 1 2 0
Alfredo Griffin 5 1 1 0 Robby Thompson 4 1 1 3
Franklin Stubbs 4 1 2 1 Will Clark 5 1 2 4
Eddie Murray 5 1 2 1 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 1 0
Mike Marshall 4 0 1 0 Matt Williams 5 1 0 0
Jeff Hamilton 3 0 1 1 Pat Sheridan 4 1 1 0
Jose Gonzalez 3 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 3 1 0 0
Mike Scioscia 3 0 1 0 Jose Uribe 4 1 2 2
Tim Belcher BX 3 1 1 0 Mike LaCoss CB 1 0 0 0
Rick Dempsey 1 0 1 0 Kirt Manwaring 0 1 0 0
Candy Maldonado 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 11 4 TOTALS 34 9 9 9
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 210 010 000 -- 4
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 004 05x -- 9
LOB--1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 10, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
8. ERR--Alfredo Griffin, Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson.
2B--Mike Scioscia, Franklin Stubbs, Lenny Harris, Jose
Uribe, Pat Sheridan. 3B--Robby Thompson. HR--Will Clark.
HBP--Candy Maldonado, Kirt Manwaring. SACF--Jeff Hamilton.
SACB--Mike Scioscia. SB--Brett Butler, Will Clark.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tim Belcher BX 7.00 6 4 4 1 7 1
Tim Crews BXZ [L] 0.67 2 5 5 3 1 0
Alejandro Pena AXZ 0.33 1 0 0 1 0 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Mike LaCoss CB 6.00 9 4 4 1 2 0
Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
Craig Lefferts BYZ 0.33 1 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Bedrosian BY [W] 1.67 1 0 0 0 1 0
SO--Alfredo Griffin, Mike Marshall, Tim Belcher BX, Lenny
Harris, Candy Maldonado, Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell (2),
Mike LaCoss CB, Robby Thompson, Will Clark, Pat Sheridan.
BB--Jose Gonzalez, Mike Marshall, Franklin Stubbs, Terry
Kennedy, Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell (2), Robby Thompson.
August 12 — The Giants had all kinds of chances against Fernando Valenzuela, but failed on every one of them, and left 15 runners on base. They left the bases loaded three times and runners on second base three more times. Rick Dempsey had a two-RBI single in the fourth inning to plate both Dodger runs.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (0)
1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Alfredo Griffin 5 0 1 0 Brett Butler 4 0 2 0
Willie Randolph 4 0 1 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0
Eddie Murray 2 1 1 0 Will Clark 3 0 1 0
Mike Marshall 4 0 2 0 Matt Williams 5 0 1 0
Jeff Hamilton 4 1 3 0 Candy Maldonado 5 0 1 0
Jose Gonzalez 4 0 0 0 Greg Litton 5 0 0 0
Franklin Stubbs 3 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 3 0 1 0
Rick Dempsey 4 0 1 2 Jose Uribe 4 0 0 0
Fernando Valenzuela 4 0 0 0 Bob Knepper D 2 0 1 0
Kevin Mitchell 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 2 9 2 TOTALS 36 0 7 0
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 200 000 -- 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 8, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
15. ERR--Willie Randolph, Fernando Valenzuela BY. 2B--Jeff
Hamilton, Mike Marshall, Bob Knepper D. HBP--Robby Thompson,
Will Clark.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Fernando Valenzuela [W] 8.33 7 0 0 4 9 0
Jay Howell A&CYZ [S] 0.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Bob Knepper D [L] 8.00 9 2 2 3 4 0
Randy McCament DW 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
PB--Kirt Manwaring. SO--Jose Gonzalez, Mike Marshall, Rick
Dempsey, Franklin Stubbs, Jose Uribe (2), Candy Maldonado,
Bob Knepper D, Brett Butler, Greg Litton (3), Will Clark
(2). BB--Franklin Stubbs, Eddie Murray (2), Bob Knepper D,
Brett Butler, Kirt Manwaring, Will Clark.
August 13 — There were much fewer chances against Orel Hershiser, as the Giants collected only two hits and three walks and were shut out for the second straight time. No base runners made it past second base. Los Angeles got RBI singles from Alfredo Griffin in the sixth inning and Jose Gonzalez in the seventh.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (0)
1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Alfredo Griffin 4 0 1 1 Brett Butler 4 0 0 0
Willie Randolph 4 0 3 0 Robby Thompson 3 0 0 0
Franklin Stubbs 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 0 1 0
Eddie Murray 4 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 0 0
Mike Marshall 4 0 1 0 Matt Williams 4 0 0 0
Jeff Hamilton 4 1 1 0 Pat Sheridan 3 0 0 0
Jose Gonzalez 3 0 1 1 Terry Kennedy 2 0 0 0
Mike Scioscia 3 1 1 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0
Orel Hershiser AYZ 2 0 0 0 Kelly Downs DYZ 2 0 1 0
Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 32 2 8 2 TOTALS 29 0 2 0
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 001 100 -- 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 4, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
5. 2B--Mike Scioscia, Jeff Hamilton, Will Clark. SACB--Orel
Hershiser AYZ.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Orel Hershiser AYZ [W] 9.00 2 0 0 3 4 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Kelly Downs DYZ [L] 8.00 8 2 2 0 6 0
Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
SO--Jose Gonzalez, Orel Hershiser AYZ, Mike Marshall,
Franklin Stubbs (3), Jose Uribe, Terry Kennedy (2), Kelly
Downs DYZ. BB--Terry Kennedy, Kevin Mitchell, Robby
Thompson.
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