The Giants will be glad to not face the Mets again this season. For all the success that San Francisco had, they went 4-8 against New York, posting one win and two losses in all four three-game series. In real life, it was a 9-3 record against the Mets. After 136 games, the Giants are now 12 wins ahead of pace.
sim 90-46, actual 78-58
September 1 — sim L 4-2 — actual W 7-1
September 2 — sim W 7-1 — actual W 6-2
September 3 — sim L 8-2 — actual W 4-0
September 1 — Scott Garrelts was denied his 20th win for a second time. After falling behind 2-0 early, the Giants knotted it up in the seventh after an RBI double by Candy Maldonado and an RBI single by Terry Kennedy. After Garrelts put the first two runners on base in the eighth, he was pulled, but Howard Johnson hit a two-run double to give the Mets the lead again.
1989 NEW YORK METS (4) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2) 1989 NEW YORK METS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Gregg Jefferies 4 1 1 0 Brett Butler 4 0 0 0 Juan Samuel 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0 Howard Johnson 4 0 1 2 Will Clark 3 0 0 0 Darryl Strawberry 3 1 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 1 1 0 Kevin McReynolds 2 1 1 1 Matt Williams 3 0 1 0 Keith Hernandez 4 0 0 0 Candy Maldonado 4 1 1 1 Gary Carter 3 0 1 1 Terry Kennedy 3 0 1 1 Kevin Elster 4 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Ron Darling CYZ 2 0 1 0 Scott Garrelts AYZ 2 0 0 0 Dave Magadan 0 1 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 30 4 5 4 TOTALS 30 2 4 2 1989 NEW YORK METS 020 000 020 -- 4 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 200 -- 2 LOB--1989 NEW YORK METS 4, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 4. 2B--Howard Johnson, Ron Darling CYZ, Gary Carter, Kevin McReynolds, Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams. SACF--Gary Carter. 1989 NEW YORK METS IP H R ER BB SO HR Ron Darling CYZ [W] 7.00 4 2 2 1 8 0 Jeff Musselman DW 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0 Randy Myers AXY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Scott Garrelts AYZ [L] 7.00 4 4 4 4 7 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 4 0 SO--Howard Johnson, Kevin Elster (2), Ron Darling CYZ, Gregg Jefferies, Darryl Strawberry (2), Kevin McReynolds, Juan Samuel (3), Jose Uribe (3), Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell, Scott Garrelts AYZ (2), Robby Thompson (2), Will Clark. BB--Dave Magadan, Darryl Strawberry, Kevin McReynolds (2), Matt Williams, Kevin Mitchell, Will Clark.
September 2 — Rick Reuschel took a shutout into the ninth inning, but it was spoiled by a Keith Hernandez pinch-hit homer. But, the Giants had already scored five runs in the first inning, with Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell hitting back-to-back homers and Jose Uribe providing a two-RBI single. Robby Thompson added a solo homer in the second inning. The seventh run came in the sixth inning via two New York errors.
1989 NEW YORK METS (1) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (7) 1989 NEW YORK METS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Gregg Jefferies 4 0 1 0 Brett Butler 4 0 1 0 Juan Samuel 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 2 2 1 Howard Johnson 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 1 1 2 Darryl Strawberry 3 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 1 1 1 Kevin McReynolds 3 0 1 0 Matt Williams 4 0 2 0 Dave Magadan 3 0 0 0 Donell Nixon 4 1 2 0 Barry Lyons 3 0 1 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 1 1 0 Kevin Elster 3 0 1 0 Jose Uribe 4 1 1 2 Frank Viola CXZ 0 0 0 0 Rick Reuschel BZ 3 0 0 0 Tim Teufel 1 0 0 0 Keith Hernandez 1 1 1 1 TOTALS 29 1 5 1 TOTALS 35 7 11 6 1989 NEW YORK METS 000 000 001 -- 1 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 510 001 00x -- 7 LOB--1989 NEW YORK METS 4, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 5. ERR--Kevin Elster, Gregg Jefferies. 2B--Gregg Jefferies, Matt Williams. HR--Keith Hernandez, Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson, Will Clark. SACB--Frank Viola CXZ, Rick Reuschel BZ. SB--Kirt Manwaring, Donell Nixon. 1989 NEW YORK METS IP H R ER BB SO HR Frank Viola CXZ [L] 5.00 11 6 6 0 1 3 Jeff Innis CZ 3.00 0 1 0 0 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Rick Reuschel BZ [W] 9.00 5 1 1 2 3 1 SO--Tim Teufel, Juan Samuel (2), Kevin Mitchell. BB--Darryl Strawberry, Kevin McReynolds.
September 3 — It was tied 1-1 after six, but things fell apart in the final three innings for the Giants. Dave Magadan had a pinch-hit two-RBI double in the seventh, Mackey Sasser had a two-RBI double in the eighth and Darryl Strawberry knocked a two-run homer in the ninth. Both Giant runs came via Terry Kennedy RBI singles.
1989 NEW YORK METS (8) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2) 1989 NEW YORK METS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Gregg Jefferies 4 1 2 0 Brett Butler 5 0 1 0 Keith Hernandez 5 2 2 1 Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0 Kevin McReynolds 5 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 0 1 0 Howard Johnson 5 0 2 0 Kevin Mitchell 2 1 0 0 Darryl Strawberry 4 2 1 2 Matt Williams 3 0 0 0 Juan Samuel 4 1 1 1 Donell Nixon 4 1 2 0 Mackey Sasser 4 1 2 2 Terry Kennedy 4 0 2 2 Kevin Elster 2 1 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Bob Ojeda C 2 0 0 0 Don Robinson BZ 3 0 0 0 Dave Magadan 2 0 1 2 Ken Oberkfell 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 37 8 11 8 TOTALS 33 2 6 2 1989 NEW YORK METS 000 100 223 -- 8 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 100 010 -- 2 LOB--1989 NEW YORK METS 7, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9. ERR--Kevin Elster, Matt Williams. 2B--Mackey Sasser (2), Dave Magadan, Gregg Jefferies, Keith Hernandez. HR--Darryl Strawberry. SACF--Juan Samuel. SB--Howard Johnson (2), Donell Nixon. 1989 NEW YORK METS IP H R ER BB SO HR Bob Ojeda C [W] 6.00 5 1 1 3 4 0 Don Aase CY [S] 3.00 1 1 1 2 1 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Don Robinson BZ [L] 6.00 3 3 2 4 2 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ 2.00 7 4 4 0 2 0 Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 1 1 1 0 1 1 SO--Howard Johnson, Dave Magadan, Darryl Strawberry, Kevin McReynolds (2), Jose Uribe, Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell, Don Robinson BZ, Will Clark. BB--Kevin Elster (2), Gregg Jefferies, Darryl Strawberry, Jose Uribe, Matt Williams, Kevin Mitchell (2), Robby Thompson.
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