Tag: San Francisco Giants

  • 7/13-16/1989 Pittsburgh at San Francisco

    7/13-16/1989 Pittsburgh at San Francisco

    There must have been some sort of post-All-Star break hangover, as the Giants went on just their second three-game losing streak of the campaign. Pittsburgh came into San Francisco and won the first three contests before Scott Garrelts and Terry Kennedy put an end to it in the finale. After 91 games, the Giants are…

  • 7/7-9/1989 San Francisco at St. Louis

    7/7-9/1989 San Francisco at St. Louis

    The 1989 season has reached the All-Star break with the Giants riding a five-game winning streak after a road sweep of the Cardinals. San Francisco is 65-22 at the break, a .747 winning percentage. That would apparently be the second-best winning percentage in MLB history at the All-Star Break, trailing only the 1998 New York…

  • 7/4-6/1989 San Francisco at Pittsburgh

    7/4-6/1989 San Francisco at Pittsburgh

    A Giants-Pirates series to open up the second half of the season matched actual results, with Pittsburgh taking the opener and San Francisco claiming the next two. All three replays were decided by a single run. After 84 games, the Giants are still 12 wins ahead of pace. sim 62-22, actual 50-34July 4 — sim…

  • 6/29-7/2/1989 Chicago at San Francisco

    6/29-7/2/1989 Chicago at San Francisco

    Eighty-one games down, eighty-one to go. The season reached the halfway point after the Giants and Cubs split this four-game series. San Francisco’s bullpen couldn’t nail down the opener en route to an extra-innings loss, and then the next three games were all decided by shutouts. At the midway point, the Giants remain 12 wins…

  • 1989 San Francisco Giants June Recap

    1989 San Francisco Giants June Recap

    There was no June Swoon for these Giants, either in real life (18-10) or the replay (22-6). Three months of the season is now in the books, and the season is just shy of the halfway point. San Francisco is 59-20, 12 wins ahead of pace. The Giants enjoyed a 13-game winning streak at one…

  • 6/26-28/1989 San Francisco at Houston

    6/26-28/1989 San Francisco at Houston

    The dice continue to roll the Giants’ way, as they improved their winning streak to 13 games with a three-game sweep at Houston. The pitchers gave up just four runs and 14 hits over the three games. San Francisco is now 12 wins ahead of pace after 77 games. sim 58-19, actual 46-31June 26 —…

  • 6/23-25/1989 San Francisco at San Diego

    6/23-25/1989 San Francisco at San Diego

    In real life, the Giants took two out of three in San Diego, with a loss in the finale that ended a seven-game winning streak. Here, San Francisco won all three to extend its winning streak to 10. After scoring just six runs in the previous three games, the Giants exploded for 18 in this…

  • 6/19-21/1989 Houston at San Francisco

    6/19-21/1989 Houston at San Francisco

    The results of this three-game home series against Houston lined up somewhat accurately to real life: a one-run win, followed by two shutout victories. The simulation series was a lot closer than real life, however, as all three games were decided by one run. The finale was decided by a walk-off home run in the…

  • 6/16-18/1989 Cincinnati at San Francisco

    6/16-18/1989 Cincinnati at San Francisco

    The Giants won three close games at home against the Reds, the last two coming by one run. San Francisco won game two in 10 innings, then scored a couple of late runs to win the finale. The three victories put the Giants 30 games ahead of .500 after 68 games, and nine wins ahead…