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APRIL
1989

Monday, April 3rd

IN THE NEWS: The Mets win their 11th consecutive home opener 8–4 over St. Louis at Shea Stadium. New York has won on Opening Day in 18 of the last 20 seasons. Dwight Gooden is the winner, helped by a home run by Howard Johnson.

Facing Dave Stewart, Ken Griffey Jr. doubles in his first ML at bat, but the Athletics beat the Mariners, 3–2. Mark McGwire homers for the A's.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 3, 1989 » OPENING DAY
Cincinnati Reds 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 55,385)
W: Danny Jackson L: Tim Belcher S: John Franco
New York Mets 8, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 38,539)
W: Dwight Gooden L: Joe Magrane S: Don Aase
San Francisco Giants 5, San Diego Padres 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 52,763)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Eric Show S: Mike LaCoss
Baltimore Orioles 5, Boston Red Sox 4 (11 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 52,161)
W: Brian Holton L: Bob Stanley
Cleveland Indians 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 40,618)
W: Greg Swindell L: Don August S: Doug Jones
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Kansas City Royals 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 38,595)
W: Jimmy Key L: Mark Gubicza S: Tom Henke
Oakland Athletics 3, Seattle Mariners 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 46,163)
W: Dave Stewart L: Mark Langston S: Dennis Eckersley
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, April 4th

IN THE NEWS: Before 52,394 at Minneapolis, the Yankees spoil the Twins Opening Day game by winning, 4–2. 45-year-old Tommy John, pitching in his 26th season, allows the Twins two run in seven innings of work, defeating Frank Viola. Roberto Kelly is 4-for-4 for New York, including the game's only homer.

Rangers DH Buddy Bell gets his 2,500th career hit, a single off Jack Morris in a 4–0 win over Detroit.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 4, 1989
Chicago Cubs 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Wrigley Field (att. 33,361)
W: Rick Sutcliffe L: Floyd Youmans S: Mitch Williams
Houston Astros 10, Atlanta Braves 3 at Astrodome (att. 27,989)
W: Mike Scott L: Zane Smith
Montreal Expos 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5 at Stade Olympique (att. 35,154)
W: Andy McGaffigan L: Jeff Robinson
San Francisco Giants 8, San Diego Padres 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 21,768)
W: Kelly Downs L: Bruce Hurst
Chicago White Sox 9, California Angels 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 33,265)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Mike Witt S: Donn Pall
New York Yankees 4, Minnesota Twins 2 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 52,394)
W: Tommy John L: Frank Viola S: Dale Mohorcic
Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 0 at Arlington Stadium (att. 40,375)
W: Charlie Hough L: Jack Morris
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, April 5th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 5, 1989
Philadelphia Phillies 12, Chicago Cubs 4 at Wrigley Field (att. 18,674)
W: Ken Howell L: Greg Maddux S: Mike Maddux
Cincinnati Reds 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 20,964)
W: Tom Browning L: Orel Hershiser S: John Franco
Atlanta Braves 8, Houston Astros 4 at Astrodome (att. 12,154)
W: Jose Alvarez L: Bob Knepper S: Joe Boever
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Montreal Expos 0 at Stade Olympique (att. 9,137)
W: Doug Drabek L: Randy Johnson
St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 17,873)
W: Jose DeLeon L: Bob Ojeda S: Todd Worrell
San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 24,309)
W: Ed Whitson L: Don Robinson S: Mark Davis
California Angels 6, Chicago White Sox 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 20,969)
W: Chuck Finley L: Eric King S: Greg Minton
Kansas City Royals 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 17,126)
W: Tom Gordon L: Todd Stottlemyre
Minnesota Twins 12, New York Yankees 2 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 22,556)
W: Allan Anderson L: Andy Hawkins
Oakland Athletics 11, Seattle Mariners 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 16,045)
W: Bob Welch L: Scott Bankhead
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, April 6th

IN THE NEWS: In his first start of the season, Orel Hershiser gives up a run in the first inning of a 4–3 loss to the Reds to end his ML-record consecutive-scoreless-inning streak at 59.

In the Royals 3–2 win over the Blue Jays, Kansas City batters combine for just 20 at bats. This is one shy of the major-league record for fewest at bats, which Baltimore set on September 12, 1964, versus Kansas City. Toronto allows eight walks, made three DPs, and KC has a sac and two sac flies.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 6, 1989
Philadelphia Phillies 8, Chicago Cubs 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 6,364)
W: Steve Ontiveros L: Paul Kilgus
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 18,573)
W: Tim Leary L: Rick Mahler
Atlanta Braves 3, Houston Astros 2 at Astrodome (att. 9,259)
W: John Smoltz L: Jim Deshaies S: Joe Boever
Montreal Expos 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 8,722)
W: Tim Burke L: John Smiley S: Joe Hesketh
Baltimore Orioles 6, Boston Red Sox 4 at Memorial Stadium (att. 22,041)
W: Jose Bautista L: Mike Smithson S: Mark Williamson
Chicago White Sox 3, California Angels 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 20,667)
W: Ken Patterson L: Willie Fraser S: Donn Pall
Milwaukee Brewers 3, Cleveland Indians 0 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 4,905)
W: Chris Bosio L: Bud Black
Kansas City Royals 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 18,883)
W: Jeff Montgomery L: Duane Ward S: Steve Farr
Minnesota Twins 7, New York Yankees 1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 22,133)
W: Shane Rawley L: Dave LaPoint
Oakland Athletics 11, Seattle Mariners 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 19,087)
W: Storm Davis L: Mike Campbell S: Todd Burns
Texas Rangers 5, Detroit Tigers 4 at Arlington Stadium (att. 25,735)
W: Cecilio Guante L: Frank Williams S: Jeff Russell
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, April 7th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 7, 1989
Atlanta Braves 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 31,929)
W: Tom Glavine L: Fernando Valenzuela
Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 5 at Wrigley Field (att. 6,195)
W: Steve Wilson L: Dorn Taylor S: Mitch Williams
Cincinnati Reds 4, San Francisco Giants 3 (16 inn.) at Riverfront Stadium (att. 25,278)
W: Tim Birtsas L: Joe Price
San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 3 at Astrodome (att. 15,971)
W: Dennis Rasmussen L: Rick Rhoden S: Mark Davis
Montreal Expos 7, New York Mets 3 at Stade Olympique (att. 17,263)
W: Kevin Gross L: Ron Darling
California Angels 2, Seattle Mariners 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 22,822)
W: Kirk McCaskill L: Erik Hanson S: Bryan Harvey
Detroit Tigers 10, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at Tiger Stadium (att. 51,473)
W: Doyle Alexander L: Bill Wegman S: Willie Hernandez
Kansas City Royals 9, Boston Red Sox 8 at Royals Stadium (att. 21,770)
W: Jeff Montgomery L: Lee Smith
Minnesota Twins 8, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 24,671)
W: Roy Smith L: Bob Milacki
Cleveland Indians 4, New York Yankees 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 55,655)
W: Rich Yett L: John Candelaria S: Doug Jones
Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 20,585)
W: Bill Long L: Curt Young S: Barry Jones
Toronto Blue Jays 10, Texas Rangers 9 at Arlington Stadium (att. 22,914)
W: Tony Castillo L: Cecilio Guante S: Tom Henke
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, April 8th

IN THE NEWS: One-handed pitcher Jim Abbott makes his ML debut but lasts only 42/3 innings in California's 7–0 loss to Seattle. Abbott, who bypassed the minors completely after starring at the University of Michigan, will finish the season 12-12 with a 3.92 ERA, the most ML wins in a first pro season since the Browns Ernie Wingard won 13 in his 1st pro season, in 1925.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 8, 1989
Chicago Cubs 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 19,374)
W: Mike Bielecki L: Neal Heaton S: Calvin Schiraldi
Houston Astros 6, San Diego Padres 2 at Astrodome (att. 19,427)
W: Jim Clancy L: Walt Terrell
Montreal Expos 3, New York Mets 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 23,506)
W: Gene Harris L: David Cone S: Tim Burke
Philadelphia Phillies 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 (11 inn.) at Veteran's Stadium (att. 23,741)
W: Jeff Parrett L: John Costello
Seattle Mariners 7, California Angels 0 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 46,847)
W: Mark Langston L: Jim Abbott
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Detroit Tigers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 12,892)
W: Don August L: Frank Tanana S: Dan Plesac
Kansas City Royals 2, Boston Red Sox 1 (10 inn.) at Royals Stadium (att. 28,266)
W: Luis Aquino L: Rob Murphy
Minnesota Twins 6, Baltimore Orioles 5 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 35,969)
W: German Gonzalez L: Brian Holton S: Jeff Reardon
Cleveland Indians 11, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 20,369)
W: Greg Swindell L: Al Leiter
Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 4 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 32,881)
W: Melido Perez L: Mike Moore S: Bobby Thigpen
Texas Rangers 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Arlington Stadium (att. 26,073)
W: Jamie Moyer L: Jimmy Key S: Jeff Russell
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, April 9th

IN THE NEWS: Rickey Henderson steals his 800th career base in New York's 4–3 loss to the Indians.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 9, 1989
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Atlanta Braves 2 (12 inn.) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 17,041)
W: Alejandro Pena L: Mark Eichhorn S: Tim Crews
Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 11,387)
W: Rick Sutcliffe L: Bob Walk
San Francisco Giants 9, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 23,152)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Danny Jackson
San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 4 at Astrodome (att. 19,585)
W: Eric Show L: Mike Scott S: Mark Davis
New York Mets 2, Montreal Expos 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 23,662)
W: Dwight Gooden L: Andy McGaffigan S: Randy Myers
St. Louis Cardinals 15, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 31,631)
W: Joe Magrane L: Bruce Ruffin
California Angels 13, Seattle Mariners 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 23,226)
W: Mike Witt L: Steve Trout
Boston Red Sox 8, Kansas City Royals 6 at Royals Stadium (att. 25,637)
W: John Dopson L: Jeff Montgomery S: Mike Smithson
Baltimore Orioles 8, Minnesota Twins 1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 42,307)
W: Jeff Ballard L: Frank Viola
Cleveland Indians 4, New York Yankees 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 25,328)
W: Tom Candiotti L: Tommy John S: Doug Jones
Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 45,110)
W: Dave Stewart L: Jerry Reuss S: Dennis Eckersley
Texas Rangers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 19,498)
W: Kenny Rogers L: Tom Henke
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, April 10th

IN THE NEWS: Dave Stieb pitches a one-hitter against the Yankees, giving him three one-hitters in his last four starts (dating back to last September). Jamie Quirk's 5th-inning single is the only hit off Stieb in the 8–0 Blue Jays' victory.

Ken Griffey Jr. hits his first ML home run, off Eric King, in Seattle's 6–5 win over the White Sox. He and his father, a reserve outfielder on the Reds, are the first father-and-son duo to play in the major leagues at the same time.

San Diego's Bruce Hurst pitches a one-hitter and collects his first ML hit in a 5–2 win over the Braves. Lonnie Smith's 2-run home run in the 3rd is the only hit.

Eddie Murray hits his first National League home run, a grand slam in the top of the 9th inning that leads the Dodgers to a 7–4 win over the Giants. It is Murray's 15th career grand slam.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 10, 1989
Cincinnati Reds 8, Houston Astros 3 at Astrodome (att. 10,090)
W: Tom Browning L: Bob Knepper S: Rob Dibble
Philadelphia Phillies 7, Montreal Expos 6 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 13,194)
W: Steve Bedrosian L: Gene Harris
San Diego Padres 5, Atlanta Braves 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 15,749)
W: Bruce Hurst L: Pete Smith
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 4 at Candlestick Park (att. 53,015)
W: Orel Hershiser L: Mike LaCoss S: Alejandro Pena
Boston Red Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 2 at Fenway Park (att. 32,909)
W: Mike Boddicker L: Joe Skalski S: Mike Smithson
Oakland Athletics 4, California Angels 0 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 23,820)
W: Bob Welch L: Chuck Finley
Kansas City Royals 3, Baltimore Orioles 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 17,476)
W: Bret Saberhagen L: Pete Harnisch
Texas Rangers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 4 (10 inn.) at County Stadium (att. 54,301)
W: Jeff Russell L: Chuck Crim
Toronto Blue Jays 8, New York Yankees 0 at Yankee Stadium (att. 17,192)
W: Dave Stieb L: Andy Hawkins
Seattle Mariners 6, Chicago White Sox 5 at Kingdome (att. 33,866)
W: Jerry Reed L: Eric King S: Mike Schooler
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, April 11th

IN THE NEWS: At Washington's RFK Stadium, the Soviet national baseball team loses to George Washington University 20–1. Soviet 1B Nugzar Pophadze stuns the crowd with a long home run in the left-field stands, one of two Russian hits. Two days earlier, the Russians were beaten 21–1 by a team from Annapolis.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 11, 1989
Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Wrigley Field (att. 7,943)
W: Calvin Schiraldi L: Jose DeLeon S: Mitch Williams
Houston Astros 5, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Astrodome (att. 22,490)
W: Jim Deshaies L: Rick Mahler S: Dave Smith
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Montreal Expos 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 14,429)
W: Steve Ontiveros L: Pascual Perez
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, New York Mets 3 (11 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 42,910)
W: Jeff Robinson L: Randy Myers
San Diego Padres 3, Atlanta Braves 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 14,649)
W: Ed Whitson L: John Smoltz S: Mark Davis
San Francisco Giants 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 17,722)
W: Kelly Downs L: Tim Leary S: Craig Lefferts
California Angels 7, Oakland Athletics 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 23,322)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Storm Davis
Minnesota Twins 14, Detroit Tigers 0 at Tiger Stadium (att. 9,968)
W: Allan Anderson L: Jack Morris
Kansas City Royals 6, Baltimore Orioles 5 at Royals Stadium (att. 17,623)
W: Floyd Bannister L: Jose Bautista S: Steve Farr
Toronto Blue Jays 11, New York Yankees 6 (10 inn.) at Yankee Stadium (att. 20,277)
W: Tom Henke L: Dave Righetti
Chicago White Sox 8, Seattle Mariners 6 at Kingdome (att. 8,088)
W: Barry Jones L: Tom Niedenfuer S: Bobby Thigpen
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Wednesday, April 12th

IN THE NEWS: In his 2nd start for Texas, Nolan Ryan no-hits the Brewers for seven innings before Terry Francona singles. Ryan also sets a club record with 15 strikeouts on the way to an 8–1 win.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 12, 1989
Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 21,187)
W: Paul Kilgus L: Scott Terry S: Mitch Williams
Cincinnati Reds 3, Houston Astros 1 at Astrodome (att. 9,723)
W: Rob Dibble L: Dave Smith S: John Franco
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Montreal Expos 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 15,461)
W: Don Carman L: Kevin Gross S: Steve Bedrosian
Atlanta Braves 5, San Diego Padres 0 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 14,621)
W: Tom Glavine L: Dennis Rasmussen
San Francisco Giants 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 19,035)
W: Scott Garrelts L: Fernando Valenzuela S: Mike LaCoss
Cleveland Indians 10, Boston Red Sox 6 at Fenway Park (att. 19,210)
W: Bud Black L: Oil Can Boyd S: Keith Atherton
California Angels 5, Oakland Athletics 0 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 24,650)
W: Kirk McCaskill L: Curt Young
Baltimore Orioles 5, Kansas City Royals 4 (15 inn.) at Royals Stadium (att. 20,261)
W: Gregg Olson L: Steve Farr
Texas Rangers 8, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at County Stadium (att. 7,590)
W: Nolan Ryan L: Bill Wegman
New York Yankees 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 17,900)
W: John Candelaria L: Tony Castillo S: Lee Guetterman
Seattle Mariners 9, Chicago White Sox 1 at Kingdome (att. 8,190)
W: Erik Hanson L: Bill Long
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Thursday, April 13th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 13, 1989
Houston Astros 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 (15 inn.) at Dodger Stadium (att. 47,136)
W: Bob Forsch L: Ray Searage
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, New York Mets 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 19,105)
W: John Smiley L: Ron Darling S: Jeff Robinson
Atlanta Braves 4, San Diego Padres 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 18,596)
W: Derek Lilliquist L: Walt Terrell S: Joe Boever
Boston Red Sox 9, Cleveland Indians 1 at Fenway Park (att. 18,518)
W: Roger Clemens L: Rich Yett
Oakland Athletics 5, California Angels 0 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 24,137)
W: Mike Moore L: Jim Abbott
Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 0 at Tiger Stadium (att. 9,042)
W: Jeff Robinson L: Shane Rawley
Texas Rangers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at County Stadium (att. 7,266)
W: Bobby Witt L: Don August
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Friday, April 14th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 14, 1989
Houston Astros 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 44,312)
W: Mike Scott L: Mike Morgan
Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 20,851)
W: Scott Sanderson L: Bruce Ruffin S: Mitch Williams
Montreal Expos 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 15,052)
W: Joe Hesketh L: Scott Medvin S: Andy McGaffigan
San Diego Padres 6, Cincinnati Reds 5 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 31,894)
W: Eric Show L: Danny Jackson S: Mark Davis
San Francisco Giants 7, Atlanta Braves 5 at Candlestick Park (att. 11,808)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Zane Smith S: Craig Lefferts
New York Mets 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Busch Stadium II (att. 51,257)
W: David Cone L: Joe Magrane
Boston Red Sox 7, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Fenway Park (att. 24,460)
W: John Dopson L: Dave Schmidt S: Bob Stanley
Oakland Athletics 7, Chicago White Sox 4 at Comiskey Park I (att. 37,950)
W: Dave Stewart L: Melido Perez
Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 12,384)
W: Jamie Moyer L: Frank Williams S: Jeff Russell
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Cleveland Indians 4 at County Stadium (att. 9,533)
W: Mark Knudson L: Joe Skalski S: Dan Plesac
New York Yankees 8, Minnesota Twins 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 46,028)
W: Al Leiter L: Mike Cook S: Lee Guetterman
Seattle Mariners 9, California Angels 5 at Kingdome (att. 14,590)
W: Mark Langston L: Mike Witt
Toronto Blue Jays 3, Kansas City Royals 0 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 46,028)
W: Jimmy Key L: Charlie Leibrandt
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Saturday, April 15th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 15, 1989
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Houston Astros 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 43,836)
W: Orel Hershiser L: Bob Knepper S: Alejandro Pena
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Montreal Expos 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 9,658)
W: Mike Dunne L: Randy Johnson S: Jeff Robinson
Cincinnati Reds 6, San Diego Padres 3 (10 inn.) at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 36,153)
W: Norm Charlton L: Greg Booker S: John Franco
San Francisco Giants 1, Atlanta Braves 0 at Candlestick Park (att. 29,798)
W: Atlee Hammaker L: Pete Smith
St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 2 (10 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 40,477)
W: Dan Quisenberry L: Don Aase
Baltimore Orioles 12, Boston Red Sox 4 at Fenway Park (att. 28,457)
W: Jeff Ballard L: Mike Boddicker S: Gregg Olson
Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland Athletics 4 at Comiskey Park I (att. 15,748)
W: Jerry Reuss L: Bob Welch S: Bobby Thigpen
Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 17,250)
W: Kevin Brown L: Frank Tanana
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Cleveland Indians 1 at County Stadium (att. 19,043)
W: Chris Bosio L: Tom Candiotti S: Chuck Crim
California Angels 9, Seattle Mariners 2 at Kingdome (att. 29,819)
W: Chuck Finley L: Jerry Reed
Kansas City Royals 10, Toronto Blue Jays 5 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 25,247)
W: Luis Aquino L: Duane Ward
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Sunday, April 16th

IN THE NEWS: Kelly Gruber becomes the first Blue Jay to hit for the cycle as Toronto beats Kansas City 15–8. Gruber scores four runs to back David Wells relief effort.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 16, 1989
Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Houston Astros 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 39,520)
W: Tim Leary L: Jim Deshaies
Chicago Cubs 5, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 32,249)
W: Rick Sutcliffe L: Floyd Youmans S: Mitch Williams
Montreal Expos 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 (11 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 18,107)
W: Joe Hesketh L: Jeff Robinson S: Tim Burke
Cincinnati Reds 5, San Diego Padres 0 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 36,774)
W: Rick Mahler L: Ed Whitson
Atlanta Braves 7, San Francisco Giants 2 at Candlestick Park
W: John Smoltz L: Kelly Downs S: Jose Alvarez
San Francisco Giants 6, Atlanta Braves 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 26,048)
W: Joe Price L: Charlie Puleo
St. Louis Cardinals 5, New York Mets 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 40,168)
W: Jose DeLeon L: Bob Ojeda
Oakland Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 2 at Comiskey Park I (att. 20,969)
W: Dennis Eckersley L: Eric King
Texas Rangers 9, Detroit Tigers 6 at Tiger Stadium (att. 16,030)
W: Charlie Hough L: Jack Morris S: Jeff Russell
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Cleveland Indians 3 (10 inn.) at County Stadium (att. 18,547)
W: Chuck Crim L: Keith Atherton
Minnesota Twins 9, New York Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 30,195)
W: Allan Anderson L: Tommy John
California Angels 10, Seattle Mariners 0 at Kingdome (att. 10,621)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Mike Campbell
Toronto Blue Jays 15, Kansas City Royals 8 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 35,210)
W: David Wells L: Bret Saberhagen S: Tony Castillo
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Monday, April 17th

IN THE NEWS: Kent Tekulve pitches two shutout innings in the Reds 3–2, 10-inning win over the Dodgers to pass Hoyt Wilhelm as the major leagues' all-time leader in relief appearances with 1,019.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 17, 1989
Cincinnati Reds 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 (10 inn.) at Dodger Stadium (att. 32,489)
W: Rob Dibble L: Jay Howell S: John Franco
Montreal Expos 2, Chicago Cubs 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 8,847)
W: Kevin Gross L: Greg Maddux S: Tim Burke
New York Mets 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 28,087)
W: Sid Fernandez L: Don Carman S: Randy Myers
San Francisco Giants 9, San Diego Padres 0 at Candlestick Park (att. 12,161)
W: Scott Garrelts L: Dennis Rasmussen
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 25,277)
W: Scott Terry L: Brian Fisher S: Todd Worrell
Boston Red Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Fenway Park (att. 32,923)
W: Lee Smith L: Brian Holton S: Bob Stanley
California Angels 3, Chicago White Sox 0 at Comiskey Park I (att. 6,392)
W: Kirk McCaskill L: Shawn Hillegas S: Bryan Harvey
Seattle Mariners 7, Oakland Athletics 2 at Kingdome (att. 14,827)
W: Erik Hanson L: Curt Young
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Texas Rangers 1 at Arlington Stadium (att. 38,274)
W: Bill Wegman L: Nolan Ryan S: Dan Plesac
New York Yankees 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 23,260)
W: Andy Hawkins L: Mike Flanagan
Compiled by Retrosheet (www.retrosheet.org)

Tuesday, April 18th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 18, 1989
Atlanta Braves 5, Houston Astros 4 (11 inn.) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 8,758)
W: Joe Boever L: Dave Smith
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 33,619)
W: Tim Belcher L: Danny Jackson
Montreal Expos 11, Chicago Cubs 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 11,913)
W: Bryn Smith L: Paul Kilgus
Philadelphia Phillies 7, New York Mets 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 26,300)
W: Larry McWilliams L: Ron Darling
San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 11,509)
W: Walt Terrell L: Rick Reuschel S: Mark Davis
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 22,198)
W: Morris Madden L: Todd Worrell S: Jeff Robinson
Kansas City Royals 7, Baltimore Orioles 4 (13 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 13,408)
W: Tom Gordon L: Mark Williamson S: Steve Farr
Minnesota Twins 9, Detroit Tigers 8 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 20,986)
W: Freddie Toliver L: Jeff Robinson S: Jeff Reardon
Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 9,670)
W: Eric Plunk L: Jerry Reed S: Dennis Eckersley
Texas Rangers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 21,528)
W: Bobby Witt L: Don August
New York Yankees 2, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 25,040)
W: Dave LaPoint L: Jeff Musselman S: Dave Righetti
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Wednesday, April 19th

IN THE NEWS: Mets SS Kevin Elster plays his 73rd consecutive errorless game in a 4–2 win over the Phillies, breaking Ed Brinkman's major-league record for shortstops.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 19, 1989
Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 6,292)
W: Jose Alvarez L: Jim Clancy S: Joe Boever
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 48,295)
W: Mike Morgan L: Tom Browning S: Jay Howell
Montreal Expos 3, Chicago Cubs 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 9,014)
W: Dennis Martinez L: Scott Sanderson S: Tim Burke
New York Mets 4, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 25,694)
W: Randy Myers L: Steve Bedrosian
San Diego Padres 4, San Francisco Giants 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 22,701)
W: Eric Show L: Atlee Hammaker S: Mark Davis
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5 at Busch Stadium II (att. 29,132)
W: Bob Walk L: Don Heinkel S: Jeff Robinson
Baltimore Orioles 6, Kansas City Royals 5 at Memorial Stadium (att. 15,354)
W: Dave Schmidt L: Charlie Leibrandt S: Mark Williamson
California Angels 7, Chicago White Sox 2 at Comiskey Park I (att. 6,897)
W: Mike Witt L: Bill Long S: Greg Minton
Boston Red Sox 8, Cleveland Indians 4 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 6,182)
W: Roger Clemens L: Bud Black
Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 2 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 21,840)
W: Doyle Alexander L: Frank Viola S: Willie Hernandez
Oakland Athletics 7, Seattle Mariners 5 at Kingdome (att. 11,328)
W: Dave Stewart L: Mark Langston S: Dennis Eckersley
Texas Rangers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Arlington Stadium (att. 19,444)
W: Jamie Moyer L: Mike Birkbeck S: Cecilio Guante
New York Yankees 4, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 26,471)
W: John Candelaria L: Jimmy Key S: Lee Guetterman
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Thursday, April 20th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 20, 1989
Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 5,568)
W: Danny Darwin L: Paul Assenmacher S: Dave Smith
New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 3 at Shea Stadium (att. 28,944)
W: Dwight Gooden L: Mitch Williams S: Roger McDowell
Philadelphia Phillies 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 6,977)
W: Ken Howell L: Mike Dunne
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Montreal Expos 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 22,839)
W: Ken Hill L: Randy Johnson S: Todd Worrell
Baltimore Orioles 2, Kansas City Royals 0 at Memorial Stadium (att. 22,925)
W: Jeff Ballard L: Bret Saberhagen S: Mark Williamson
Seattle Mariners 5, Chicago White Sox 2 at Comiskey Park I (att. 6,467)
W: Scott Bankhead L: Barry Jones
Boston Red Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 2 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 7,236)
W: Oil Can Boyd L: Rich Yett S: Lee Smith
Minnesota Twins 7, Detroit Tigers 2 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 29,878)
W: German Gonzalez L: Frank Tanana
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Friday, April 21st

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 21, 1989
San Diego Padres 5, Atlanta Braves 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 14,070)
W: Bruce Hurst L: Joe Boever S: Mark Davis
Houston Astros 7, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 30,828)
W: Jim Deshaies L: Rick Mahler
Los Angeles Dodgers 8, San Francisco Giants 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 47,251)
W: Orel Hershiser L: Kelly Downs
Chicago Cubs 8, New York Mets 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 34,690)
W: Rick Sutcliffe L: Bob Ojeda S: Steve Wilson
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 15,221)
W: Floyd Youmans L: Doug Drabek S: Steve Bedrosian
St. Louis Cardinals 1, Montreal Expos 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 32,227)
W: Jose DeLeon L: Tim Burke
Minnesota Twins 7, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 24,807)
W: Allan Anderson L: Jose Bautista
Kansas City Royals 7, Boston Red Sox 4 at Fenway Park (att. 31,766)
W: Floyd Bannister L: John Dopson
Seattle Mariners 11, Chicago White Sox 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 7,652)
W: Mike Campbell L: Jerry Reuss
Cleveland Indians 6, New York Yankees 5 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 14,793)
W: Doug Jones L: Dale Mohorcic
Milwaukee Brewers 2, Detroit Tigers 1 at County Stadium (att. 11,767)
W: Chris Bosio L: Jack Morris S: Dan Plesac
Oakland Athletics 10, California Angels 6 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 26,903)
W: Bob Welch L: Chuck Finley S: Rick Honeycutt
Toronto Blue Jays 6, Texas Rangers 3 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 22,186)
W: Dave Stieb L: Kevin Brown S: Duane Ward
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Saturday, April 22nd

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 22, 1989
Atlanta Braves 5, San Diego Padres 1 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 19,216)
W: John Smoltz L: Ed Whitson
Cincinnati Reds 5, Houston Astros 4 (10 inn.) at Riverfront Stadium (att. 31,073)
W: Tim Birtsas L: Danny Darwin
San Francisco Giants 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 at Dodger Stadium (att. 48,437)
W: Craig Lefferts L: Jay Howell
New York Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 41,323)
W: Sid Fernandez L: Greg Maddux S: Roger McDowell
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 14,669)
W: Jeff Robinson L: Don Carman
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Montreal Expos 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 41,325)
W: Scott Terry L: Kevin Gross
Baltimore Orioles 4, Minnesota Twins 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 34,698)
W: Gregg Olson L: Freddie Toliver
Kansas City Royals 7, Boston Red Sox 3 at Fenway Park (att. 33,048)
W: Mark Gubicza L: Mike Boddicker
Chicago White Sox 1, Seattle Mariners 0 at Comiskey Park I (att. 15,007)
W: Eric King L: Erik Hanson
Cleveland Indians 3, New York Yankees 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 16,607)
W: Scott Bailes L: Tommy John
Detroit Tigers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 22,237)
W: Frank Williams L: Chuck Crim
Oakland Athletics 4, California Angels 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 33,172)
W: Curt Young L: Bert Blyleven S: Dennis Eckersley
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Texas Rangers 2 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 27,278)
W: Duane Ward L: Charlie Hough
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Sunday, April 23rd

IN THE NEWS: Nolan Ryan is two outs from a no-hitter when Nelson Liriano triples and Ryan settles for a 4–1 one-hitter over the Blue Jays. It is Ryan's 10th career one-hitter, though the only one that breaks up a no-hitter in the last inning.

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 23, 1989
Atlanta Braves 9, San Diego Padres 4 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 17,069)
W: Tom Glavine L: Dennis Rasmussen
Houston Astros 5, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 21,967)
W: Bob Knepper L: Danny Jackson S: Larry Andersen
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 6 (10 inn.) at Dodger Stadium (att. 48,493)
W: Jay Howell L: Atlee Hammaker
New York Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 40,268)
W: Rick Aguilera L: Calvin Schiraldi
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 16,816)
W: Logan Easley L: Steve Bedrosian
Montreal Expos 9, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 44,956)
W: Bryn Smith L: Cris Carpenter
Baltimore Orioles 3, Minnesota Twins 0 at Memorial Stadium (att. 35,311)
W: Bob Milacki L: Shane Rawley
Kansas City Royals 10, Boston Red Sox 0 at Fenway Park (att. 33,116)
W: Charlie Leibrandt L: Wes Gardner
Seattle Mariners 10, Chicago White Sox 6 at Comiskey Park I (att. 11,216)
W: Steve Trout L: Shawn Hillegas
New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Indians 0 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 22,128)
W: Andy Hawkins L: John Farrell
Detroit Tigers 11, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 21,854)
W: Paul Gibson L: Don August S: Willie Hernandez
Oakland Athletics 2, California Angels 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 25,681)
W: Mike Moore L: Kirk McCaskill S: Dennis Eckersley
Texas Rangers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Exhibition Stadium (att. 31,473)
W: Nolan Ryan L: Todd Stottlemyre
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Monday, April 24th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 24, 1989
San Diego Padres 5, Atlanta Braves 2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 6,936)
W: Walt Terrell L: Derek Lilliquist S: Mark Davis
Philadelphia Phillies 8, Houston Astros 4 at Astrodome (att. 9,088)
W: Greg Harris L: Bob Forsch
California Angels 3, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 22,213)
W: Jim Abbott L: Dave Schmidt S: Bryan Harvey
New York Yankees 6, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 13,720)
W: Dave LaPoint L: Bud Black S: Dave Righetti
Detroit Tigers 1, Seattle Mariners 0 at Tiger Stadium (att. 13,174)
W: Doyle Alexander L: Mark Langston
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Minnesota Twins 4 at County Stadium (att. 9,311)
W: Dan Plesac L: Jeff Reardon
Oakland Athletics 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 25,099)
W: Gene Nelson L: Tom Henke
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Tuesday, April 25th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 25, 1989
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 0 at Wrigley Field (att. 31,876)
W: Tim Belcher L: Scott Sanderson
Cincinnati Reds 6, Montreal Expos 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 16,469)
W: Tom Browning L: Dennis Martinez
Houston Astros 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Astrodome (att. 12,584)
W: Mike Scott L: Ken Howell
New York Mets 2, Atlanta Braves 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 25,452)
W: David Cone L: Zane Smith S: Randy Myers
San Diego Padres 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 5,296)
W: Eric Show L: Bob Walk S: Mark Davis
San Francisco Giants 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 27,911)
W: Don Robinson L: Ken Hill S: Craig Lefferts
Boston Red Sox 11, Chicago White Sox 0 at Fenway Park (att. 21,326)
W: Roger Clemens L: Melido Perez
Baltimore Orioles 8, California Angels 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 21,165)
W: Jeff Ballard L: Mike Witt
Texas Rangers 11, Cleveland Indians 7 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 6,585)
W: Bobby Witt L: Scott Bailes S: Brad Arnsberg
Detroit Tigers 5, Seattle Mariners 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 12,043)
W: Frank Tanana L: Scott Bankhead S: Willie Hernandez
Kansas City Royals 5, New York Yankees 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 26,479)
W: Bret Saberhagen L: John Candelaria
Milwaukee Brewers 10, Minnesota Twins 4 at County Stadium (att. 10,034)
W: Bryan Clutterbuck L: Roy Smith
Oakland Athletics 3, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 12,437)
W: Storm Davis L: John Cerutti S: Dennis Eckersley
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Wednesday, April 26th

SCOREBOARD: APRIL 26, 1989
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 13,221)
W: Mike Morgan L: Rick Sutcliffe S: Jay Howell
Cincinnati Reds 6, Montreal Expos 5 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 19,336)
W: Rick Mahler L: Pascual Perez S: John Franco
Houston Astros 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5 at Astrodome (att. 11,195)
W: Danny Darwin L: Jeff Parrett S: Dave Smith
New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 39,665)
W: Dwight Gooden L: Pete Smith S: Randy Myers
San Diego Padres 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 14,126)
W: Bruce Hurst L: Doug Drabek
St. Louis Cardinals 3, San Francisco Giants 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 27,514)
W: Jose DeLeon L: Kelly Downs S: Ken Dayley
Boston Red Sox 5, Chicago White Sox 4 (10 inn.) at Fenway Park (att. 22,948)
W: Bob Stanley L: Barry Jones
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