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1989 NL Championship Series (4-1): San Francisco Giants (92-70) over Chicago Cubs (93-69)

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WS: OAK-SFG / ALCS: OAK-TOR / NLCS: SFG-CHC
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1989 at Wrigley Fld (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         3  0  1    4  0  0    0  3  0    11 13  0
    Chicago Cubs                 2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0     3 10  1

    PITCHERS: SFG - Garrelts, Brantley (8), Hammaker (9)
              CHC - Maddux, Kilgus (5), Wilson (8)

               WP - Scott Garrelts
	       LP - Greg Maddux
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SFG - Clark (2), Mitchell
              CHC - Grace, Sandberg

  ATTENDANCE: 39,195

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1989 at Wrigley Fld (Chicago Cubs)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    San Francisco Giants         0  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  1     5 10  0
    Chicago Cubs                 6  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  x     9 11  0

    PITCHERS: SFG - Reuschel, Downs (1), Lefferts (6), Brantley (7), Bedrosian (8)
              CHC - Bielecki, Assenmacher (5), Lancaster (6)

               WP - Les Lancaster
	       LP - Rick Reuschel
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: SFG - Mitchell, Thompson, Williams
              CHC - none

  ATTENDANCE: 39,195

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 7, 1989 at Candlestick (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 2  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0     4 10  0
    San Francisco Giants         3  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  x     5  8  3

    PITCHERS: CHC - Sutcliffe, Assenmacher (7), Lancaster (7)
              SFG - LaCoss, Brantley (4), Robinson (7), Lefferts (8), Bedrosian (9)

               WP - Don Robinson
	       LP - Les Lancaster
             SAVE - Steve Bedrosian

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              SFG - Thompson

  ATTENDANCE: 62,065

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 8, 1989 at Candlestick (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 1  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  0     4 12  1
    San Francisco Giants         1  0  2    1  2  0    0  0  x     6  9  1

    PITCHERS: CHC - Maddux, Wilson (4), Sanderson (6), Williams (8)
              SFG - Garrelts, Downs (5), Bedrosian (9)

               WP - Kelly Downs
	       LP - Steve Wilson
             SAVE - Steve Bedrosian

   HOME RUNS: CHC - Salazar
              SFG - Williams

  ATTENDANCE: 62,078

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 9, 1989 at Candlestick (San Francisco Giants)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Chicago Cubs                 0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  1     2 10  1
    San Francisco Giants         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  x     3  4  1

    PITCHERS: CHC - Bielecki, Williams (8), Lancaster (8)
              SFG - Reuschel, Bedrosian (9)

               WP - Rick Reuschel
	       LP - Mike Bielecki
             SAVE - Steve Bedrosian

   HOME RUNS: CHC - none
              SFG - none

  ATTENDANCE: 62,084

Series MVP - Will Clark

Series Batting Stats

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San Francisco Giants

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Bill Bathe          2   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  32   9  0  .281  .586   0
 Steve Bedrosian     4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  6   1  0  .167  .334   0
 Jeff Brantley       3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  0       1.000        0 |  12   1  0  .083  .166   0
*Brett Butler        5  19  6  4  0  0  0   0  3  3  .211  .318  .211  0 | 594 168  4  .283  .703  31
*Will Clark          5  20  8 13  3  1  2   8  2  2  .650  .682 1.200  0 | 588 196 23  .333  .953   8
 Kelly Downs         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  22   2  0  .091  .182   0
 Scott Garrelts      2   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .200  .000  0 |  66   9  0  .136  .371   1
#Atlee Hammaker      1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  19   7  0  .368  .789   0
*Terry Kennedy       5  16  0  3  1  0  0   0  1  4  .188  .235  .250  0 | 355  85  5  .239  .630   1
 Mike LaCoss         1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  41   3  0  .073  .278   0
*Craig Lefferts      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   7   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Greg Litton         1   1  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000  0 | 143  36  4  .252  .704   0
 Candy Maldonado     3   3  1  0  0  0  0   1  2  0  .000  .400  .000  0 | 345  75  9  .217  .658   4
 Kirt Manwaring      3   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 200  42  0  .210  .514   2
 Kevin Mitchell      5  17  5  6  0  0  2   7  3  3  .353  .429  .706  0 | 543 158 47  .291 1.023   3
 Donell Nixon        3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  1 | 166  44  1  .265  .606  10
*Ken Oberkfell       3   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |+156  42  2  .269  .675   0
 Rick Reuschel       2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  61  10  0  .164  .404   0
*Ernest Riles        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 302  84  7  .278  .743   0
 Don Robinson        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  81  15  3  .185  .504   0
*Pat Sheridan        5  13  1  2  0  1  0   0  0  4  .154  .154  .308  0 |+281  62  6  .221  .630   8
 Robby Thompson      5  18  5  5  0  0  2   3  3  2  .278  .381  .611  0 | 547 132 13  .241  .721  12
#Jose Uribe          5  17  2  4  1  0  0   1  1  5  .235  .278  .294  1 | 453 100  1  .221  .553   6
 Matt Williams       5  20  2  6  1  0  2   9  0  2  .300  .333  .650  0 | 292  59 18  .202  .697   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 165 30 44  6  2  8  29 17 29  .267  .337  .473  2 |        141  .250  .703  87

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago Cubs

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
*Paul Assenmacher    2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  5   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Mike Bielecki       2   5  0  1  0  0  0   2  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0 |  70   3  0  .043  .125   1
 Andre Dawson        5  19  0  2  1  0  0   3  2  6  .105  .227  .158  0 | 416 105 21  .252  .783   8
 Shawon Dunston      5  19  2  6  0  0  0   0  1  1  .316  .350  .316  1 | 471 131  9  .278  .723  19
 Joe Girardi         4  10  1  1  0  0  0   0  1  2  .100  .182  .100  0 | 157  39  1  .248  .635   2
*Mark Grace          5  17  3 11  3  1  1   8  4  1  .647  .682 1.118  1 | 510 160 13  .314  .862  14
*Paul Kilgus         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  41   3  0  .073  .168   0
 Les Lancaster       3   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  11   2  0  .182  .455   0
 Vance Law           2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 | 408  96  7  .235  .651   2
 Greg Maddux         3   3  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  81  17  0  .210  .464   1
 Lloyd McClendon     3   3  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  0  .667  .750  .667  0 | 259  74 12  .286  .847   6
 Domingo Ramos       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 179  47  1  .263  .668   1
 Luis Salazar        5  19  2  7  0  1  1   2  0  0  .368  .368  .632  0 |+326  92  9  .282  .730   1
 Ryne Sandberg       5  20  6  8  3  1  1   4  3  4  .400  .458  .800  0 | 606 176 30  .290  .853  15
 Scott Sanderson     1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  43   2  0  .047  .193   0
*Dwight Smith        4  15  2  3  1  0  0   0  2  2  .200  .294  .267  1 | 343 111  9  .324  .875   9
*Rick Sutcliffe      1   2  0  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500 1.000  0 |  70  10  0  .143  .421   2
 Jerome Walton       5  22  4  8  0  0  0   2  2  2  .364  .417  .364  0 | 475 139  5  .293  .720  24
#Mitch Webster       3   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .333  .333  .333  0 | 272  70  3  .257  .695  14
#Curtis Wilkerson    3   2  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .500  .500  .500  0 | 160  39  1  .244  .591   4
*Mitch Williams      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   1  1  .200 1.000   0
*Steve Wilson        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  16   1  0  .063  .181   0
 Rick Wrona          2   5  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  3  .000  .000  .000  0 |  92  26  2  .283  .690   0
*Marvell Wynne       4   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  0  .167  .167  .167  0 |+342  83  7  .243  .628   6
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 175 22 53  9  3  3  21 16 27  .303  .361  .440  3 |        124  .261  .706 136

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

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Series Pitching Stats

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San Francisco Giants

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Scott Garrelts      2   5.40 1-0  0  0 11.7 16  7  2  8 | 14-5  193  2.28  1.01 119   
 Kelly Downs         2   3.12 1-0  0  0  8.7  8  3  6  6 |  4-8   83  4.79  1.31  49   
 Rick Reuschel       2   5.19 1-1  0  0  8.7 12  5  2  5 | 17-8  208  2.94  1.20 111   
 Jeff Brantley       3   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.0  1  0  2  3 |  7-1   97  4.07  1.42  69   
 Steve Bedrosian     4   2.70 0-0  3  0  3.3  4  1  2  2 |+ 3-7   85  2.87  1.12  58 23
 Mike LaCoss         1   9.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  7  3  0  2 | 10-10 150  3.17  1.38  78  6
 Don Robinson        1   0.00 1-0  0  0  1.7  3  0  0  0 | 12-11 197  3.43  1.12  96   
*Atlee Hammaker      1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  0  0 |  6-6   77  3.76  1.32  30   
*Craig Lefferts      2   9.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  1  2  1 |  2-4  107  2.69  1.07  71 20
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.09 4-1  3  0 44.0 53 20 16 27 |            3.30 1.230   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Chicago Cubs

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Mike Bielecki       2   3.65 0-1  0  0 12.3  7  5  6 11 | 18-7  212  3.14  1.26 147   
 Greg Maddux         2  13.50 0-1  0  0  7.3 13 11  4  5 | 19-12 238  2.95  1.28 135   
 Rick Sutcliffe      1   4.50 0-0  0  0  6.0  5  3  4  2 | 16-11 229  3.66  1.18 153   
 Les Lancaster       3   6.00 1-1  0  0  6.0  6  4  1  3 |  4-2   73  1.36  1.03  56  8
*Steve Wilson        2   4.91 0-1  0  0  3.7  3  2  1  4 |  6-4   86  4.20  1.33  65  2
*Paul Kilgus         1   0.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  4  0  1  1 |  6-10 146  4.39  1.46  61  2
 Scott Sanderson     1   0.00 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  0  0  1 | 11-9  146  3.94  1.27  86   
*Mitch Williams      2   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  0  2 |  4-4   82  2.76  1.51  67 36
*Paul Assenmacher    2  13.50 0-0  0  0  0.7  3  1  0  0 |+ 3-4   77  3.99  1.33  79   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.57 1-4  0  0 42.0 44 26 17 29 |            3.43 1.300   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: OAK-SFG / ALCS: OAK-TOR / NLCS: SFG-CHC

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