100 wins! The Giants hit the century mark in their 149th game. Only a brilliant pitching performance by the Padres prevented San Francisco from earning a three-game home sweep. Kevin Mitchell added his 46th home run, Will Clark drove in his 100th run and Scott Garrelts won his 21st game. After 150 games, the Giants are 14 wins ahead of pace.
sim 100-50, actual 86-64
September 15 — sim W 6-1 — actual L 5-3
September 17 (#1) — sim W 6-3 — actual W 5-3
September 17 (#2) — sim L 2-1 — actual L 6-1
September 15 — Matt Williams was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the top of the first to get the scoring started. In the fifth, the Giants broke the game open with a Will Clark RBI single and a Kevin Mitchell three-run homer. Brett Butler added an RBI double in the sixth. Bob Knepper took a shutout into the ninth inning but the Padres finally got on the board, though it was too little, too late.
1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES (1) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (6) 1989 SAN DIEGO PADRE AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Bip Roberts 3 0 1 0 Brett Butler 4 1 2 1 Roberto Alomar 4 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 1 1 0 Tony Gwynn 4 1 2 0 Will Clark 4 1 3 1 Jack Clark 4 0 1 1 Kevin Mitchell 3 1 1 3 Chris James 4 0 0 0 Matt Williams 3 0 0 1 Garry Templeton 3 0 1 0 Donell Nixon 4 0 0 0 Benito Santiago 3 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 4 0 0 0 Darrin Jackson 3 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 4 1 2 0 Dennis Rasmussen D 2 0 1 0 Bob Knepper D 4 1 0 0 Greg Harris BY 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 1 6 1 TOTALS 34 6 9 6 1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES 000 000 001 -- 1 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 100 041 00x -- 6 LOB--1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES 5, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6. ERR--Jack Clark, Jose Uribe. 2B--Brett Butler, Robby Thompson, Will Clark. 3B--Jose Uribe. HR--Kevin Mitchell. HBP--Matt Williams. SB--Bip Roberts, Tony Gwynn. 1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES IP H R ER BB SO HR Dennis Rasmussen D [L] 5.00 6 5 4 1 2 1 Greg Harris BY 3.00 3 1 1 0 3 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Bob Knepper D [W] 9.00 6 1 1 2 4 0 SO--Garry Templeton, Jack Clark (3), Jose Uribe, Matt Williams, Bob Knepper D, Brett Butler, Donell Nixon. BB--Garry Templeton, Bip Roberts, Kevin Mitchell.
September 17 (#1) — The Giants got off to a 2-0 lead, which more often than not has been enough for Scott Garrelts. But the Padres notched single runs in the third, fifth and sixth innings to take the lead. But, the Giants came right back with four unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth to post a comeback win. After the first two outs were made, the Giants loaded the bases. Brett Butler drew a bases-loaded walk to tie it, and then Robby Thompson had a two-run single and Will Clark had an RBI single.
1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES (3) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (6)
1989 SAN DIEGO PADRE AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Roberto Alomar 4 1 0 0 Brett Butler 4 1 0 1
Garry Templeton 5 0 1 1 Robby Thompson 5 1 3 2
Tony Gwynn 5 0 1 0 Will Clark 5 0 4 1
Jack Clark 2 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 1 1
Chris James 3 1 0 0 Matt Williams 4 0 0 0
Benito Santiago 4 0 1 1 Ernest Riles 3 0 0 0
Mike Pagliarulo 4 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 4 1 1 0
Darrin Jackson 3 0 0 0 Pat Sheridan 2 2 1 0
Calvin Schiraldi DCY 3 1 1 1 Scott Garrelts AYZ 1 0 0 1
Carmelo Martinez 1 0 1 0 Ken Oberkfell 1 1 0 0
Craig Lefferts BYZ 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 34 3 5 3 TOTALS 34 6 10 6
1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES 001 011 000 -- 3
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 110 004 00x -- 6
LOB--1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES 9, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 9.
ERR--Calvin Schiraldi DCYW, Matt Williams (2). 2B--Garry
Templeton, Carmelo Martinez, Will Clark. 3B--Benito
Santiago, Pat Sheridan. HR--Calvin Schiraldi DCYW.
HBP--Chris James, Darrin Jackson. SACF--Scott Garrelts AYZ.
SB--Robby Thompson.
1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES IP H R ER BB SO HR
Calvin Schiraldi DCY [L] 5.67 8 6 2 3 7 0
Mark Grant BYZ 2.33 2 0 0 1 1 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 6.00 4 3 2 1 3 1
Craig Lefferts BYZ [S] 3.00 1 0 0 2 0 0
SO--Garry Templeton, Benito Santiago (2), Matt Williams,
Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson (2), Craig
Lefferts BYZ, Pat Sheridan, Ernest Riles. BB--Jack Clark
(2), Roberto Alomar, Brett Butler, Pat Sheridan (2), Ernest
Riles.
September 17 (#2) — The Padres avoided the sweep thanks to Bruce Hurst’s one-run, four-hit, eight-inning effort. San Diego went ahead on a Jack Clark two-run homer in the fourth inning. San Francisco’s only run came on an RBI single by Will Clark in the sixth.
1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1) 1989 SAN DIEGO PADRE AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Roberto Alomar 4 0 0 0 Brett Butler 4 1 2 0 Garry Templeton 4 0 1 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0 Tony Gwynn 3 1 2 0 Will Clark 4 0 1 1 Jack Clark 4 1 2 2 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 0 0 Chris James 3 0 1 0 Matt Williams 3 0 0 0 Benito Santiago 3 0 1 0 Candy Maldonado 3 0 1 0 Mike Pagliarulo 4 0 0 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 0 0 0 Darrin Jackson 4 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Bruce Hurst BYZ 3 0 0 0 Rick Reuschel BZ 2 0 0 0 Shawn Abner 1 0 0 0 Donell Nixon 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 33 2 7 2 TOTALS 31 1 4 1 1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES 000 200 000 -- 2 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 001 000 -- 1 LOB--1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES 8, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6. ERR--Matt Williams. 2B--Brett Butler. HR--Jack Clark. SB--Chris James, Benito Santiago. 1989 SAN DIEGO PADRES IP H R ER BB SO HR Bruce Hurst BYZ [W] 8.00 4 1 1 2 5 0 Mark Davis AXY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Rick Reuschel BZ [L] 7.00 5 2 2 4 2 1 Jeff Brantley DY 2.00 2 0 0 0 2 0 SO--Bruce Hurst BYZ, Shawn Abner, Roberto Alomar, Benito Santiago, Jose Uribe, Rick Reuschel BZ, Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams (2), Kevin Mitchell, Will Clark. BB--Chris James, Tony Gwynn, Roberto Alomar, Benito Santiago, Candy Maldonado, Matt Williams, Kevin Mitchell.
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