The first two games in Philadelphia were high-scoring affairs, followed by the Giants’ 24th shutout of the season. As they did in real life, the Giants won two of three games in this series. Kevin Mitchell hit his 40th and 41st home runs, and Scott Garrelts won again after missing several starts. After 124 games, the Giants remain 15 wins ahead of pace.
sim 86-38, actual 71-53
August 18 — sim L 8-7 — actual W 5-2
August 19 — sim W 9-7 — actual L 0-1
August 20 — sim W 6-0 — actual W 5-2
August 18 — The Giants let another one get away, as they led 6-0 after the top of the fifth and 7-5 after the top of the seventh. Robby Thompson had four hits and Candy Maldonado had a three-run double in the third inning to spur the offense. But, the pitching couldn’t hold off the Phillies. Ricky Jordan’s two-RBI single in the bottom of the eighth put Philadelphia ahead.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (7) AT 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (8)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Brett Butler 4 2 1 0 Lenny Dykstra 4 0 1 2
Robby Thompson 5 1 4 0 Tom Herr 4 2 3 1
Will Clark 4 0 0 1 Von Hayes 5 1 2 2
Kevin Mitchell 3 3 1 1 John Kruk 3 0 1 0
Matt Williams 5 0 0 0 Curt Ford 1 0 0 0
Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 3 Mike Schmidt 0 0 0 0
Kirt Manwaring 5 0 1 1 Ricky Jordan 5 0 1 2
Jose Uribe 4 0 2 1 Charlie Hayes 4 1 1 0
Rick Reuschel BZ 2 1 0 0 Darren Daulton 4 0 0 0
Greg Litton 1 0 0 0 Dickie Thon 3 2 1 1
Bruce Ruffin DY 1 0 0 0
Dwayne Murphy 2 2 2 0
TOTALS 37 7 10 7 TOTALS 36 8 12 8
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 104 010 100 -- 7
1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 023 03x -- 8
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9, 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
10. ERR--Matt Williams, Dickie Thon (2). 2B--Candy
Maldonado, Lenny Dykstra. SACF--Will Clark. SACB--Rick
Reuschel BZ. SB--Robby Thompson, Tom Herr (2).
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Reuschel BZ 5.67 7 5 5 3 3 0
Craig Lefferts BYZ 0.33 0 0 0 1 1 0
Randy McCament DW [L] 2.00 5 3 3 2 1 0
1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Bruce Ruffin DY 5.00 8 6 2 2 6 0
Jeff Parrett BXZ 2.00 2 1 0 1 2 0
Larry McWilliams D [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger McDowell A [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
WP--Bruce Ruffin DY. SO--Rick Reuschel BZ, Candy Maldonado,
Matt Williams (3), Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell, Will Clark
(2), Charlie Hayes (2), Ricky Jordan, Von Hayes, John Kruk.
BB--Candy Maldonado, Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell (2),
Charlie Hayes, Dickie Thon, Dwayne Murphy, Tom Herr, Lenny
Dykstra, Mike Schmidt.
August 19 — The Giants almost blew another one, as they turned a 6-3 lead into a 7-6 deficit after seven innings. But, Ken Oberkfell had a pinch-hit RBI single in the eighth, and Will Clark’s third double of the game drove in two more runs as the Giants took the lead back. Brett Butler had led off the game with a home run and Kevin Mitchell hit his 40th home run of the season in the seventh inning.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (9) AT 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (7) 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI Brett Butler 6 2 2 1 Lenny Dykstra 5 3 2 0 Greg Litton 5 0 1 0 Tom Herr 5 2 3 0 Will Clark 5 2 3 2 Von Hayes 5 1 3 5 Kevin Mitchell 5 2 4 3 John Kruk 4 1 1 0 Matt Williams 4 1 1 0 Ricky Jordan 5 0 2 1 Candy Maldonado 5 0 1 0 Charlie Hayes 4 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 3 1 2 1 Darren Daulton 4 0 1 1 Jose Uribe 3 0 1 1 Steve Jeltz 3 0 1 0 Kelly Downs DYZ 3 0 0 0 Terry Mulholland DYZ 1 0 0 0 Ken Oberkfell 1 1 1 1 Dwayne Murphy 0 0 0 0 Ed Jurak 1 0 0 0 Mike Schmidt 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 41 9 16 9 TOTALS 36 7 13 7 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 100 210 230 -- 9 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 002 010 400 -- 7 LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10, 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 8. ERR--Tom Herr. 2B--Candy Maldonado, Will Clark (3), Von Hayes. 3B--Jose Uribe, Von Hayes. HR--Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell. HBP--Matt Williams. SACF--Jose Uribe. SACB--Jose Uribe, Terry Mulholland DYZ. SB--Brett Butler, Von Hayes. 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR Kelly Downs DYZ 6.67 13 7 7 4 3 0 Atlee Hammaker DZ [W] 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0 Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Terry Mulholland DYZ 7.00 11 6 6 0 8 2 Todd Frohwirth CYZ [L] 1.00 3 3 3 1 1 0 Jeff Parrett BXZ 1.00 2 0 0 1 2 0 PB--Darren Daulton. SO--Jose Uribe, Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams, Brett Butler (2), Kevin Mitchell, Greg Litton, Kelly Downs DYZ (2), Will Clark (2), Darren Daulton, Terry Mulholland DYZ, Steve Jeltz, Von Hayes (2). BB--Kirt Manwaring (2), Charlie Hayes, Dwayne Murphy, Steve Jeltz, John Kruk, Mike Schmidt.
August 20 — Scott Garrelts returned after not pitching since August 1. He won his 19th game and tossed his 11th shutout, though it wasn’t easy. He gave up seven hits and two walks, plus there were two Giant errors. Philadelphia got runners to third base in three different innings, and loaded the bases in the first inning. Kevin Mitchell and Greg Litton hit solo home runs, and Litton also had an RBI triple.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (6) AT 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (0)
1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI 1989 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI
Brett Butler 4 1 1 1 Lenny Dykstra 4 0 0 0
Greg Litton 5 1 2 2 Tom Herr 5 0 2 0
Will Clark 5 0 2 0 Von Hayes 4 0 0 0
Kevin Mitchell 5 1 1 1 John Kruk 3 0 1 0
Matt Williams 3 1 0 0 Ricky Jordan 4 0 0 0
Candy Maldonado 4 1 2 0 Charlie Hayes 4 0 1 0
Terry Kennedy 5 0 1 2 Darren Daulton 4 0 0 0
Jose Uribe 3 1 1 0 Steve Jeltz 4 0 3 0
Scott Garrelts AYZ 2 0 0 0 Dennis Cook DYZ 0 0 0 0
Bob Dernier 1 0 0 0
Curt Ford 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 6 10 6 TOTALS 34 0 7 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 030 012 000 -- 6
1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 000 000 -- 0
LOB--1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10, 1989 PHILADELPHIA
PHILLIES 11. ERR--Jose Uribe, Scott Garrelts AYZ, Darren
Daulton, John Kruk. 2B--Candy Maldonado, Brett Butler, Will
Clark, Charlie Hayes. 3B--Greg Litton. HR--Kevin Mitchell,
Greg Litton. SACB--Scott Garrelts AYZ (2), Dennis Cook DYZ
(2). SB--Candy Maldonado.
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 9.00 7 0 0 2 7 0
1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Dennis Cook DYZ [L] 6.00 9 6 6 4 5 2
Mike Maddux DYZ 3.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
SO--Terry Kennedy, Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell, Greg
Litton, Scott Garrelts AYZ, Charlie Hayes (2), Ricky Jordan,
Steve Jeltz, Von Hayes, Lenny Dykstra, Curt Ford. BB--Jose
Uribe, Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams (2), Brett Butler,
John Kruk, Lenny Dykstra.
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