The Giants closed out the month of August with two wins in three home games against the Phillies. San Francisco won a couple of pitchers’ duels before turning in their worst pitching performance of the season. After 133 games, the Giants are 14 wins ahead of pace.
sim 89-44, actual 75-58
August 28 — sim W 2-1 — actual
August 29 — sim W 3-1 — actual
August 30 — sim L 14-5 — actual
August 28 — Will Clark hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning to account for the Giants’ runs. Rick Reuschel had a no-hitter through six innings, but it was broken up in the seventh, and the shutout bid ended in the eighth on an RBI double by Lenny Dykstra. But Reuschel got the next out and Steve Bedrosian finished it off for his 17th save.
1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (1) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2) 1989 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Lenny Dykstra 3 0 1 1 Brett Butler 4 0 1 0 Tom Herr 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 1 1 0 John Kruk 4 0 1 0 Will Clark 3 1 1 2 Ricky Jordan 4 0 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 2 0 Von Hayes 3 0 1 0 Matt Williams 3 0 1 0 Charlie Hayes 4 0 0 0 Candy Maldonado 3 0 0 0 Darren Daulton 2 1 0 0 Terry Kennedy 3 0 0 0 Dickie Thon 3 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Ken Howell BX 2 0 0 0 Rick Reuschel BZ 3 0 0 0 Steve Jeltz 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 1 4 1 TOTALS 29 2 6 2 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 000 010 -- 1 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 002 00x -- 2 LOB--1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 5, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 5. 2B--Lenny Dykstra, Kevin Mitchell. 3B--Robby Thompson. HR--Will Clark. SB--Brett Butler. 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR Ken Howell BX [L] 7.00 6 2 2 2 6 1 Jeff Parrett BXZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Rick Reuschel BZ [W] 8.00 3 1 1 3 4 0 Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0 SO--Darren Daulton, Charlie Hayes, John Kruk, Tom Herr, Ken Howell BX, Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams, Brett Butler (2), Robby Thompson (2), Will Clark. BB--Darren Daulton, Von Hayes, Lenny Dykstra, Kevin Mitchell, Will Clark.
August 29 — Kevin Mitchell gave the Giants a 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the third, but the Phillies tied it in the top of the sixth. The Giants regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth on RBI singles by Don Robinson and Brett Butler. Robinson improved to 18-8 with the win, and Craig Lefferts collected his 12th save.
1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (1) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3) 1989 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Lenny Dykstra 3 1 1 0 Brett Butler 5 0 1 1 Tom Herr 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 3 0 1 0 John Kruk 4 0 1 0 Will Clark 4 1 2 0 Ricky Jordan 4 0 1 1 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 2 1 Von Hayes 4 0 0 0 Matt Williams 4 0 1 0 Charlie Hayes 4 0 0 0 Greg Litton 4 0 0 0 Darren Daulton 3 0 0 0 Donell Nixon 3 1 1 0 Dickie Thon 3 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 1 1 0 Bruce Ruffin DY 2 0 0 0 Don Robinson BZ 3 0 1 1 Dwayne Murphy 1 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 32 1 4 1 TOTALS 35 3 10 3 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 000 001 000 -- 1 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 001 002 00x -- 3 LOB--1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 5, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10. ERR--Dickie Thon (2), Robby Thompson. 2B--Dwayne Murphy. 1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR Bruce Ruffin DY [L] 5.67 9 3 0 2 7 0 Todd Frohwirth CYZ 1.33 1 0 0 0 1 0 Roger McDowell A 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Don Robinson BZ [W] 7.00 4 1 1 1 3 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ [S] 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 SO--Darren Daulton, Dickie Thon, Tom Herr, Bruce Ruffin DY, Matt Williams (2), Brett Butler, Greg Litton, Don Robinson BZ (2), Robby Thompson (2). BB--Lenny Dykstra, Robby Thompson, Donell Nixon.
August 30 — The Phillies scored early and often as the first three Giant pitchers were shellacked. Nine of Philadelphia’s 19 hits went for extra bases. Will Clark hit a two-homer in the third, his 22nd, and added an RBI single in the fifth.
1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (14) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (5)
1989 PHILADELPHIA PH AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Lenny Dykstra 5 1 3 1 Brett Butler 5 1 3 0
Tom Herr 6 3 3 1 Robby Thompson 5 0 3 1
John Kruk 5 1 1 2 Will Clark 4 1 2 3
Ricky Jordan 5 3 2 2 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 0 0
Von Hayes 4 2 3 1 Matt Williams 3 0 0 0
Charlie Hayes 5 1 4 5 Ed Jurak 1 0 0 0
Dickie Thon 5 1 1 2 Greg Litton 2 0 1 0
Steve Lake 5 1 2 0 Ernest Riles 2 0 0 0
Terry Mulholland DYZ 3 1 0 0 Donell Nixon 4 0 1 0
Darren Daulton 1 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 0 0 0
Kelly Downs DYZ 0 0 0 0
Pat Sheridan 0 1 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 1 1 1 0
Jose Uribe 1 1 0 0
TOTALS 44 14 19 14 TOTALS 36 5 11 4
1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 230 701 010 -- 14
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 002 010 200 -- 5
LOB--1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 6, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
6. ERR--Tom Herr, Brett Butler, Robby Thompson (2).
2B--Charlie Hayes (2), Von Hayes, Steve Lake. 3B--Ricky
Jordan, Lenny Dykstra. HR--Dickie Thon, John Kruk, Will
Clark. SACF--Lenny Dykstra. SACB--Terry Mulholland DYZ.
SB--Robby Thompson.
1989 PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Terry Mulholland DYZ [W] 7.00 10 5 5 2 5 1
Randy ONeal DYZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Kelly Downs DYZ [L] 3.00 6 5 5 1 2 1
Bob Knepper D 2.00 8 7 7 0 0 1
Atlee Hammaker DZ 3.00 4 2 1 0 1 0
Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
SO--Darren Daulton, Dickie Thon, John Kruk, Lenny Dykstra,
Kevin Mitchell (2), Greg Litton, Kirt Manwaring, Ernest
Riles. BB--Von Hayes, Jose Uribe, Pat Sheridan.
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