The Giants closed out their home schedule with one win in three games against Houston. Each of the three games ended up opposite of the real-life result. Kevin Mitchell hit home runs number 47 and 48. After 156 games, the Giants are 12 wins ahead of pace.
sim 103-53, actual 91-65
September 22 — sim W 4-2 — actual L 3-1
September 23 — sim L 3-2 (10) — actual W 3-1
September 24 — sim L 6-5 — actual W 10-2
September 22 — Matt Williams staked the Giants out to a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer in the fourth inning, and Ernest Riles added an RBI single in the sixth to make it 3-0. A pair of RBI doubles by Craig Reynolds and Alex Trevino got Houston on the board in the eighth and within a run, but Kevin Mitchell hit a solo homer in the eighth for an insurance run. Scott Garrelts earned his 22nd win and stranded runners in scoring position in four different innings.
1989 HOUSTON ASTROS (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4) 1989 HOUSTON ASTROS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Gerald Young 3 1 1 0 Brett Butler 4 0 0 0 Craig Reynolds 4 1 1 1 Robby Thompson 3 0 0 0 Alex Trevino 4 0 2 1 Ed Jurak 4 0 0 0 Glenn Davis 4 0 0 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 2 2 1 Terry Puhl 3 0 0 0 Ernest Riles 4 1 3 1 Ken Caminiti 3 0 1 0 Matt Williams 3 1 1 2 Eric Anthony 3 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 3 0 0 0 Bill Doran 4 0 1 0 Pat Sheridan 3 0 0 0 Mark Portugal CX 1 0 0 0 Scott Garrelts AYZ 3 0 0 0 Kevin Bass 1 0 0 0 Rafael Ramirez 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 2 6 2 TOTALS 30 4 6 4 1989 HOUSTON ASTROS 000 000 020 -- 2 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 000 201 01x -- 4 LOB--1989 HOUSTON ASTROS 7, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 4. ERR--Glenn Davis, Ernest Riles. 2B--Bill Doran, Craig Reynolds, Alex Trevino, Kevin Mitchell, Ernest Riles. HR--Matt Williams, Kevin Mitchell. SACB--Mark Portugal CX. SB--Gerald Young. 1989 HOUSTON ASTROS IP H R ER BB SO HR Mark Portugal CX [L] 6.00 5 3 3 2 9 1 Dave Smith BZ 2.00 1 1 1 0 2 1 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Scott Garrelts AYZ [W] 8.00 6 2 2 4 5 0 Steve Bedrosian BY [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 SO--Eric Anthony (2), Bill Doran, Alex Trevino, Ken Caminiti, Terry Kennedy, Ed Jurak, Matt Williams, Brett Butler (2), Scott Garrelts AYZ, Robby Thompson (3), Pat Sheridan (2). BB--Gerald Young, Eric Anthony, Terry Puhl, Ken Caminiti, Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson.
September 23 — Matt Williams and Kevin Mitchell both homered for the second straight game. Williams tied it at 1-1 in the second inning, while Mitchell evened up the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth. But Houston’s Bill Doran knocked an RBI triple in the top of the 10th as the Astros regained the lead. The Giants put the tying run on second base in the bottom of the 10th but couldn’t bring him home.
1989 HOUSTON ASTROS (3) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (2)
1989 HOUSTON ASTROS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Terry Puhl 4 0 1 1 Brett Butler 4 0 0 0
Craig Biggio 3 1 0 0 Robby Thompson 4 0 0 0
Kevin Bass 4 0 0 0 Ken Oberkfell 5 0 1 0
Glenn Davis 4 0 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 1 1 1
Ken Caminiti 4 0 1 1 Matt Williams 4 1 1 1
Eric Anthony 3 1 0 0 Terry Kennedy 4 0 1 0
Rafael Ramirez 4 1 1 0 Donell Nixon 4 0 1 0
Bill Doran 4 0 2 1 Jose Uribe 4 0 1 0
Mike Scott BYZ 2 0 0 0 Rick Reuschel BZ 2 0 0 0
Greg Gross 1 0 0 0 Candy Maldonado 1 0 0 0
Ernest Riles 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 3 6 3 TOTALS 37 2 6 2
1989 HOUSTON ASTROS 100 010 000 1 -- 3
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 010 000 001 0 -- 2
LOB--1989 HOUSTON ASTROS 3, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 7.
ERR--Rafael Ramirez. 2B--Rafael Ramirez, Jose Uribe, Terry
Kennedy, Ken Oberkfell. 3B--Bill Doran. HR--Matt Williams,
Kevin Mitchell. HBP--Robby Thompson. SACB--Mike Scott BYZ.
1989 HOUSTON ASTROS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Scott BYZ 8.00 4 1 1 0 8 1
Danny Darwin AXZ [W] 1.00 2 1 1 0 1 1
Larry Andersen ACXZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Rick Reuschel BZ 8.00 5 2 2 1 1 0
Craig Lefferts BYZ [L] 2.00 1 1 1 1 2 0
SO--Eric Anthony, Glenn Davis, Craig Biggio, Jose Uribe (2),
Rick Reuschel BZ (2), Terry Kennedy, Matt Williams, Kevin
Mitchell, Ken Oberkfell (2), Ernest Riles, Donell Nixon.
BB--Eric Anthony, Craig Biggio, Brett Butler.
September 24 — The Giants scored five times in the first two innings to take a 5-1 lead, but it wasn’t enough. Ken Oberkfell and Kevin Mitchell had RBI singles in the first and Ernest Riles had a two-run double in the second inning. The Astros chipped away, as Eric Anthony had a pinch-hit two-run homer in the fourth to make it 5-3. After another run in the sixth, Houston tied it in the eighth and went ahead in the ninth on Ken Caminiti’s RBI single.
1989 HOUSTON ASTROS (6) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (5) 1989 HOUSTON ASTROS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Gerald Young 5 0 1 0 Brett Butler 3 2 1 0 Craig Reynolds 5 0 1 1 Robby Thompson 5 1 0 0 Kevin Bass 5 0 0 0 Ken Oberkfell 4 0 2 1 Glenn Davis 5 1 2 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 2 3 1 Terry Puhl 4 1 2 0 Ernest Riles 4 0 2 2 Rafael Ramirez 5 1 2 0 Matt Williams 4 0 0 0 Ken Caminiti 5 1 3 1 Terry Kennedy 5 0 1 0 Craig Biggio 4 1 3 1 Pat Sheridan 3 0 0 1 Jim Clancy DY 0 0 0 0 Mike LaCoss CB 3 0 1 0 Eric Anthony 1 1 1 2 Donell Nixon 1 0 0 0 Greg Gross 0 0 0 1 Glenn Wilson 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 39 6 15 6 TOTALS 36 5 10 5 1989 HOUSTON ASTROS 010 201 011 -- 6 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 320 000 000 -- 5 LOB--1989 HOUSTON ASTROS 10, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 11. ERR--Rafael Ramirez, Randy McCament DW. 2B--Glenn Davis, Kevin Mitchell, Ernest Riles. HR--Eric Anthony. HBP--Ken Oberkfell. SACF--Greg Gross. SACB--Jim Clancy DY, Terry Puhl, Ernest Riles. 1989 HOUSTON ASTROS IP H R ER BB SO HR Jim Clancy DY 3.00 6 5 3 4 3 0 Dan Schatzeder DX 2.00 3 0 0 0 3 0 Juan Agosto BYZ 2.00 0 0 0 1 2 0 Dave Smith BZ [W] 2.00 1 0 0 0 2 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Mike LaCoss CB 6.00 10 4 4 0 0 1 Jeff Brantley DY 1.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 Randy McCament DW [L] 2.00 3 2 1 1 1 0 WP--Jim Clancy DY. SO--Rafael Ramirez, Terry Kennedy (2), Matt Williams (2), Brett Butler, Mike LaCoss CB, Robby Thompson, Pat Sheridan (2), Ernest Riles. BB--Glenn Wilson, Matt Williams, Brett Butler (2), Kevin Mitchell, Pat Sheridan.
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