The Giants rolled on with two more wins against the Dodgers. Los Angeles won the finale to avoid the sweep, something they weren’t able to do in real life. After 153 games, the Giants are 13 wins ahead of pace.
sim 102-51, actual 89-64
September 19 — sim W 3-2 (11) — actual W 3-2
September 20 — sim W 6-3 — actual W 8-7
September 21 — sim L 3-1 — actual W 4-3
September 19 — An amazing pitchers’ duel for nine innings was followed by some bonkers extra innings. Both teams failed to score in the first nine innings. with Orel Hershiser allowing just one hit and Mike LaCoss repeatedly pitching out of trouble. But this one was decided by the closers. The Dodgers went up 1-0 in the top of the 10th on back-to-back doubles by Mike Marshall and Jeff Hamilton. The Giants tied it on their second hit of the game, a solo homer by Terry Kennedy. In the top of the 11th, Los Angeles went back in front on a Mike Scioscia solo home run. But in the bottom of the 10th, after a couple of walks, Will Clark hit a deep ball off the wall that scored both runners for the walk-off win.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3)
1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Alfredo Griffin 6 0 1 0 Brett Butler 3 0 0 0
Willie Randolph 6 0 0 0 Robby Thompson 3 1 1 0
Eddie Murray 5 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 0 1 2
Mike Marshall 2 1 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 0 0
Jeff Hamilton 5 0 1 1 Matt Williams 4 0 0 0
Lenny Harris 5 0 1 0 Terry Kennedy 2 1 1 1
John Shelby 5 0 2 0 Candy Maldonado 4 0 0 0
Mike Scioscia 3 1 3 1 Jose Uribe 4 0 0 0
Orel Hershiser AYZ 3 0 1 0 Mike LaCoss CB 2 0 0 0
Jay Howell A&CYZ 1 0 0 0 Ken Oberkfell 1 0 0 0
Ernest Riles 0 1 0 0
TOTALS 41 2 10 2 TOTALS 31 3 3 3
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 000 000 11 -- 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 000 12 -- 3
LOB--1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 12, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
5. ERR--Willie Randolph, Matt Williams. 2B--Alfredo Griffin,
Jeff Hamilton, Mike Marshall, Robby Thompson, Will Clark.
HR--Mike Scioscia, Terry Kennedy. SACB--Orel Hershiser AYZ,
Terry Kennedy, Brett Butler, Robby Thompson. SB--Lenny
Harris.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Orel Hershiser AYZ 9.00 1 0 0 3 6 0
Jay Howell A&CYZ [L] 1.33 2 3 3 2 1 1
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Mike LaCoss CB 8.00 5 0 0 5 3 0
Steve Bedrosian BY [W] 3.00 5 2 2 0 1 1
WP--Mike LaCoss CB. SO--John Shelby, Alfredo Griffin (2),
Orel Hershiser AYZ, Matt Williams (2), Brett Butler (2),
Kevin Mitchell (2), Mike LaCoss CB. BB--Mike Scioscia (2),
Mike Marshall (3), Terry Kennedy, Brett Butler, Robby
Thompson, Will Clark, Ernest Riles.
September 20 — The Giants jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third inning on a three-run double by Kevin Mitchell and an RBI single by Ernest Riles. The Dodgers cut it to 4-2 in the fourth, but Robby Thompson got the two runs back with a home run in the fifth.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (3) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (6) 1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Alfredo Griffin 5 0 2 0 Brett Butler 4 1 1 0 Willie Randolph 4 0 2 1 Robby Thompson 3 2 1 2 Eddie Murray 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 1 3 0 Mike Marshall 4 1 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 1 1 3 Jeff Hamilton 5 1 1 0 Ernest Riles 3 0 1 1 John Shelby 3 0 0 0 Matt Williams 4 0 0 0 Rick Dempsey 3 0 1 1 Terry Kennedy 4 0 1 0 Jose Gonzalez 4 1 2 1 Pat Sheridan 3 0 2 0 John Wetteland DXZ 1 0 0 0 Bob Knepper D 2 1 0 0 Dave Anderson 1 0 1 0 Ken Oberkfell 1 0 0 0 Lenny Harris 1 0 0 0 Greg Litton 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 35 3 10 3 TOTALS 33 6 10 6 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 201 000 -- 3 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 004 020 00x -- 6 LOB--1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 11, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6. ERR--Mike Morgan BZ. 2B--Kevin Mitchell. HR--Robby Thompson. HBP--Robby Thompson. SACB--John Wetteland DXZ. 1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR John Wetteland DXZ [L] 5.00 9 6 6 1 3 1 Mike Morgan BZ 2.00 1 0 0 0 3 0 Tim Crews BXZ 1.00 0 0 0 1 3 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Bob Knepper D [W] 6.00 8 3 3 5 4 0 Randy McCament DW 2.00 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jeff Brantley DY [S] 1.00 2 0 0 0 1 0 SO--Alfredo Griffin (2), Mike Marshall (2), John Wetteland DXZ, Eddie Murray, Terry Kennedy, Matt Williams (2), Brett Butler (2), Kevin Mitchell (2), Greg Litton, Robby Thompson. BB--John Shelby, Willie Randolph, Mike Marshall, Rick Dempsey, Eddie Murray, Pat Sheridan, Ernest Riles.
September 21 — This one was another pitchers’ duel for a while, but the Dodgers finally broke through with a run in the top of the sixth on a John Shelby RBI single. They added two more in the eighth on RBI singles by Mike Scioscia and Mike Davis. Terry Kennedy hit his second home run of the series in the bottom of the eighth, just the second hit of the game for the Giants.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (3) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (1)
1989 LOS ANGELES DOD AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Alfredo Griffin 5 0 1 0 Brett Butler 3 0 0 0
Willie Randolph 4 0 2 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0
Lenny Harris 5 0 0 0 Will Clark 3 0 1 0
Eddie Murray 2 2 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 2 0 0 0
Jeff Hamilton 5 1 3 0 Ernest Riles 4 0 0 0
Mike Scioscia 5 0 2 1 Matt Williams 3 0 0 0
John Shelby 4 0 1 1 Terry Kennedy 3 1 1 1
Mike Davis 4 0 2 1 Pat Sheridan 3 0 1 0
Ramon Martinez CX 2 0 1 0 Kelly Downs DYZ 1 0 0 0
Ken Oberkfell 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 36 3 13 3 TOTALS 27 1 3 1
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 000 001 020 -- 3
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 000 010 -- 1
LOB--1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS 12, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
5. 2B--Willie Randolph, Pat Sheridan. HR--Terry Kennedy.
SACB--Ramon Martinez CX (2), Kelly Downs DYZ.
1989 LOS ANGELES DODGERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ramon Martinez CX [W] 8.33 3 1 1 5 7 1
Alejandro Pena AXZ [S] 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Kelly Downs DYZ [L] 7.00 11 3 3 3 5 0
Atlee Hammaker DZ 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
SO--Mike Scioscia, Mike Davis, John Shelby, Ramon Martinez
CX, Lenny Harris (2), Terry Kennedy, Matt Williams, Brett
Butler, Kevin Mitchell, Pat Sheridan, Ernest Riles (2).
BB--Willie Randolph, Eddie Murray (3), Matt Williams, Brett
Butler, Kevin Mitchell (2), Will Clark.
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