Tag: St. Louis Cardinals

  • 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…

  • 5/5-7/1989 St. Louis at San Francisco

    5/5-7/1989 St. Louis at San Francisco

    A three-game home sweep of the Cardinals moved the Giants to 22-9 after 31 games, six victories ahead of pace. Kevin Mitchell drove in eight runs over the three games, giving him 46 on the season and putting him on a pace to obliterate the MLB record. sim 22-9, actual 16-15May 5 — sim W…

  • 4/25-27/1989 San Francisco at St. Louis

    4/25-27/1989 San Francisco at St. Louis

    The Giants continued their excellent start to the season, winning two of three games at St. Louis to move to four games ahead of their real-life pace. Scott Garrelts improved to 5-0 after five starts and Kevin Mitchell hit his seventh and eighth home runs of the season. sim 15-6, actual 11-10April 25 — sim…

  • Pittsburgh Pirates defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1

    Pittsburgh Pirates defeat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1

    SEMIFINALS: The Pirates were no-hit in game one, but then won the next four games to advance to the World Series. All three Pirate series have been decided by five games and they now have a 12-3 record (.800). The final three games were all decided by a single run, with game 5 requiring a…

  • St. Louis Cardinals defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3

    St. Louis Cardinals defeat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3

    QUARTERFINALS: An incredibly tense series finally went the way of the Cardinals. Five of the games were decided by one run and the other two were by two runs. The final two games were decided in extra innings. Game seven saw the Cardinals rally by scoring three runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings…

  • St. Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2

    St. Louis Cardinals defeat Boston Braves, 4 games to 2

    FIRST ROUND: Boston scored 19 runs in the first two contests to jump out to a 2-0 lead, but St. Louis got its bats going and came back to win the next four. Three of the six games went to extra innings (St. Louis won two of the three). The road team won the first…

  • Los Angeles Dodgers 1, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (15)

    Los Angeles Dodgers 1, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (15)

    GAME #32 (losers’ bracket): After 14 1/2 innings of scoreless play, Steve Garvey finally ended the marathon contest with a two-out RBI single to left-center. Davey Lopes had led off the inning with a single and was sacrificed to second before scoring a batter later. Burt Hooton (10 innings, seven strikeouts, four hits) and Bob…

  • St. Louis Cardinals 7, California Angels 2

    St. Louis Cardinals 7, California Angels 2

    GAME #21 (losers’ bracket): George Hendrick hit a pair of two-run homers and Darrell Porter also had a two-run blast, all in the first three innings, as the Cardinals got all the runs they needed early in the contest. Hendrick ended up going 4-for-5. Garry Templeton added an RBI single in the fourth inning to…

  • San Francisco Giants 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5

    San Francisco Giants 10, St. Louis Cardinals 5

    GAME #17 (winners’ bracket second round): Trailing 5-4 heading to the ninth, the Giants roughed up St. Louis closer Bruce Sutter for six runs on six hits to claim the victory. With one out and the bases loaded, San Francisco hit five straight singles. Milt May went 4-for-5 with a double. Reliever Fred Breining threw…