Category: 1989 San Francisco Giants

  • 9/6-7/1989 San Francisco at Atlanta

    9/6-7/1989 San Francisco at Atlanta

    The Giants posted their second straight two-game road sweep, this time going to Atlanta to win a pair of contests. Scott Garrelts picked up his 20th win and Kevin Mitchell increased his season totals to 44 home runs and 133 runs batted in. After 140 games, the Giants are 13 wins ahead of pace. sim…

  • 9/4-5/1989 San Francisco at Cincinnati

    9/4-5/1989 San Francisco at Cincinnati

    With a two-game sweep at Cincinnati, San Francisco has now matched the 92 wins that the Giants posted in real life (and there’s still 24 games to play). This begins a stretch with several two-game series. The Giants scored eight runs in the two games on just nine hits. After 138 games, the Giants are…

  • 9/1-3/1989 New York at San Francisco

    9/1-3/1989 New York at San Francisco

    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…

  • 1989 San Francisco Giants August Recap

    1989 San Francisco Giants August Recap

    One month remains in the 1989 campaign! We’ve rolled 133 games to this point. The Giants ended August in the same place they began it, 14 wins ahead of their real-life pace. But, this was the sim Giants’ worst month so far, and the first time they didn’t post a winning record. San Francisco went…

  • 8/28-30/1989 Philadelphia at San Francisco

    8/28-30/1989 Philadelphia at San Francisco

    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 75-58August 28 — sim W…

  • 8/25-27/1989 Montreal at San Francisco

    8/25-27/1989 Montreal at San Francisco

    The Giants suffered their first three-game series sweep of the season, as the pitching against Montreal was bad in two of the games and the hitting was lacking throughout. The Expos had 35 hits in the three games to the Giants’ 17. After 130 games, San Francisco is now 13 wins ahead of pace. sim…

  • 8/21-23/1989 San Francisco at New York

    8/21-23/1989 San Francisco at New York

    The real-life results and the simulation results were flipped in this three-game series at New York. Here, the Giants won the opener and dropped the next two. In reality, it was the opposite. After 127 games, the Giants are 14 wins ahead of pace. sim 87-40, actual 73-54August 21 — sim W 4-2 — actual…

  • 8/18-20/1989 San Francisco at Philadelphia

    8/18-20/1989 San Francisco at Philadelphia

    The first two games in Philadelphia were high-scoring affairs, followed by the Giants’ 24th shutout of the season. As they did in real life, the Giants won two of three games in this series. Kevin Mitchell hit his 40th and 41st home runs, and Scott Garrelts won again after missing several starts. After 124 games,…

  • 8/15-17 San Francisco at Montreal

    8/15-17 San Francisco at Montreal

    The Giants managed to get one win in Montreal with their 23rd (!) shutout of the season. It came in the finale to avoid a three-game sweep. It also ended a season-high four-game losing streak. After 121 games, San Francisco is 15 wins ahead of pace. sim 84-37, actual 69-52August 15 — sim L 4-3…