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AUGUST
1989

Tuesday, August 1st

IN THE NEWS: Behind the pitching of Sid Fernandez, the Mets blank the Cardinals, 11–0. Kevin McReynolds paces the offense by hitting for the cycle.

The Mets trade popular OF Mookie Wilson to the Blue Jays for P Jeff Musselman and minor leaguer Mike Brady.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 1, 1989
San Diego Padres 5, Atlanta Braves 2 (11 inn.) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 8,363)
W: Mark Grant L: Jim Acker S: Mark Davis
Houston Astros 5, Cincinnati Reds 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 20,999)
W: Rick Rhoden L: Tim Leary
San Francisco Giants 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 35,716)
W: Scott Garrelts L: Fernando Valenzuela S: Craig Lefferts
Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 23,614)
W: Steve Wilson L: Larry McWilliams S: Mitch Williams
Montreal Expos 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 (11 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 14,912)
W: Tim Burke L: Doug Bair
New York Mets 11, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Busch Stadium II (att. 40,444)
W: Sid Fernandez L: Scott Terry
Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 3 at Fenway Park (att. 35,111)
W: Rob Murphy L: Pete Harnisch S: Lee Smith
Boston Red Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Fenway Park (att. 34,901)
W: Wes Gardner L: Dave Johnson
Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 3 at Tiger Stadium (att. 15,305)
W: Kevin Brown L: Paul Gibson S: Jeff Russell
Milwaukee Brewers 4, Cleveland Indians 2 at County Stadium (att. 22,396)
W: Jaime Navarro L: Doug Jones S: Dan Plesac
Minnesota Twins 5, New York Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 32,710)
W: Shane Rawley L: Walt Terrell S: Jeff Reardon
Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 22,536)
W: Curt Young L: Greg Hibbard S: Dennis Eckersley
Seattle Mariners 8, California Angels 1 at Kingdome (att. 16,533)
W: Mike Dunne L: Jim Abbott
Kansas City Royals 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Skydome (att. 48,528)
W: Bret Saberhagen L: Todd Stottlemyre
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Wednesday, August 2nd

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 2, 1989
San Diego Padres 9, Atlanta Braves 7 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 6,967)
W: Bruce Hurst L: Mark Eichhorn S: Mark Davis
Cincinnati Reds 5, Houston Astros 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 23,490)
W: Ron Robinson L: Jim Deshaies S: John Franco
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 4 at Dodger Stadium (att. 45,478)
W: Ramon Martinez L: Trevor Wilson S: Jay Howell
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Chicago Cubs 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 21,688)
W: Ken Howell L: Scott Sanderson
Montreal Expos 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 27,645)
W: Pascual Perez L: Rick Reed S: Tim Burke
New York Mets 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 41,438)
W: Frank Viola L: Todd Worrell S: Randy Myers
Baltimore Orioles 9, Boston Red Sox 8 at Fenway Park (att. 34,970)
W: Mark Williamson L: Eric Hetzel S: Mark Thurmond
Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 4 at Tiger Stadium (att. 14,884)
W: Kevin Ritz L: Mike Jeffcoat
Cleveland Indians 1, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at County Stadium (att. 25,813)
W: Tom Candiotti L: Chris Bosio S: Jesse Orosco
New York Yankees 7, Minnesota Twins 6 at Yankee Stadium
W: Lance McCullers L: Gary Wayne S: Dave Righetti
Minnesota Twins 4, New York Yankees 3 (10 inn.) at Yankee Stadium (att. 35,058)
W: Jeff Reardon L: Eric Plunk
Oakland Athletics 2, Chicago White Sox 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 25,146)
W: Storm Davis L: Melido Perez S: Rick Honeycutt
California Angels 7, Seattle Mariners 0 at Kingdome (att. 11,460)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Jerry Reed
Toronto Blue Jays 8, Kansas City Royals 0 at Skydome (att. 48,765)
W: John Cerutti L: Mark Gubicza
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Thursday, August 3rd

IN THE NEWS: The Reds score 14 runs in the first inning of an 18–2 demolition of the Astros. ML records set during the onslaught include most hits in an inning (16), most players with two hits in an inning (7), and most singles in an inning (12). Mariano Duncan and Luis Quinones each tie the major-league record by batting three times and the team ties the National League and ML mark with most players scoring twice (6). Tom Browning is the easy complete game winner while Jim Clancy, who gives up seven runs while recording no outs, is the loser. Bob Forsch, allows 10 runs on 18 hits in seven innings, and Juan Agosto, one run in one inning.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 3, 1989
San Diego Padres 6, Atlanta Braves 5 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 12,357)
W: Don Schulze L: John Smoltz S: Mark Davis
Cincinnati Reds 18, Houston Astros 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 20,179)
W: Tom Browning L: Jim Clancy
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, San Francisco Giants 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 43,516)
W: Orel Hershiser L: Russ Swan S: Jay Howell
Chicago Cubs 2, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 21,983)
W: Greg Maddux L: Bruce Ruffin S: Les Lancaster
Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Montreal Expos 0 (12 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 12,292)
W: Doug Bair L: Andy McGaffigan
St. Louis Cardinals 6, New York Mets 5 at Busch Stadium II (att. 44,496)
W: Dan Quisenberry L: Jeff Musselman S: Ken Dayley
Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park (att. 33,992)
W: Rod Nichols L: Tom Bolton S: Doug Jones
Detroit Tigers 9, Texas Rangers 6 at Tiger Stadium (att. 16,039)
W: Mike Henneman L: Cecilio Guante
New York Yankees 8, Minnesota Twins 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 25,244)
W: Chuck Cary L: Rick Aguilera
Chicago White Sox 6, Oakland Athletics 4 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 31,974)
W: Donn Pall L: Bob Welch S: Bobby Thigpen
California Angels 6, Seattle Mariners 0 at Kingdome (att. 12,584)
W: Kirk McCaskill L: Randy Johnson
Kansas City Royals 5, Toronto Blue Jays 0 at Skydome (att. 48,731)
W: Tom Gordon L: Jimmy Key
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Friday, August 4th

IN THE NEWS: Hard-luck pitcher Dave Stieb loses a perfect game when New York's Roberto Kelly doubles with two out in the 9th inning, and Stieb finishes with a 2–1 two-hitter. It is the 3rd time that Stieb has lost a no-hitter with two out in the 9th.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 4, 1989
Cincinnati Reds 5, Atlanta Braves 4 (10 inn.) at Riverfront Stadium (att. 32,531)
W: John Franco L: Joe Boever
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, San Diego Padres 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 38,250)
W: John Wetteland L: Ed Whitson S: Jay Howell
New York Mets 11, Montreal Expos 5 at Shea Stadium (att. 41,457)
W: Bob Ojeda L: Bryn Smith
Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 29,169)
W: Mike Bielecki L: Doug Drabek S: Mitch Williams
San Francisco Giants 4, Houston Astros 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 26,648)
W: Don Robinson L: Danny Darwin
St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 44,149)
W: Joe Magrane L: Dennis Cook S: Todd Worrell
Texas Rangers 6, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Memorial Stadium (att. 37,754)
W: Charlie Hough L: Dave Schmidt S: Jeff Russell
Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 3 at Fenway Park (att. 34,154)
W: Bud Black L: Mike Boddicker S: Doug Jones
Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 4 at Comiskey Park I (att. 16,918)
W: Ken Patterson L: Paul Gibson
California Angels 6, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at County Stadium (att. 27,596)
W: Chuck Finley L: Jerry Reuss S: Willie Fraser
Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 32,470)
W: Allan Anderson L: Luis Aquino
Oakland Athletics 5, Seattle Mariners 3 at Kingdome (att. 23,621)
W: Dave Stewart L: Brian Holman S: Dennis Eckersley
Toronto Blue Jays 2, New York Yankees 1 at Skydome (att. 48,789)
W: Dave Stieb L: Clay Parker
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Saturday, August 5th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 5, 1989
Atlanta Braves 7, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 29,882)
W: Derek Lilliquist L: Scott Scudder
San Diego Padres 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 38,421)
W: Greg Harris L: Tim Belcher S: Mark Davis
New York Mets 3, Montreal Expos 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 46,175)
W: Ron Darling L: Tim Burke
Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 23,262)
W: Steve Wilson L: Bill Landrum S: Les Lancaster
San Francisco Giants 7, Houston Astros 0 at Candlestick Park (att. 33,736)
W: Mike LaCoss L: Mike Scott
Philadelphia Phillies 7, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Busch Stadium II (att. 46,504)
W: Terry Mulholland L: Jose DeLeon S: Jeff Parrett
Baltimore Orioles 5, Texas Rangers 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 48,776)
W: Bob Milacki L: Nolan Ryan S: Gregg Olson
Boston Red Sox 10, Cleveland Indians 2 at Fenway Park (att. 34,090)
W: Mike Smithson L: John Farrell
Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 6 at Comiskey Park I (att. 19,266)
W: Eric King L: Doyle Alexander S: Bobby Thigpen
Milwaukee Brewers 5, California Angels 2 at County Stadium (att. 42,324)
W: Teddy Higuera L: Mike Witt
Minnesota Twins 6, Kansas City Royals 4 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 43,130)
W: Juan Berenguer L: Steve Farr S: Jeff Reardon
Seattle Mariners 11, Oakland Athletics 5 at Kingdome (att. 36,961)
W: Scott Bankhead L: Mike Moore S: Mike Jackson
New York Yankees 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Skydome (att. 49,155)
W: Andy Hawkins L: Duane Ward S: Dave Righetti
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Sunday, August 6th

IN THE NEWS: After five hours and 49 minutes of play in Pittsburgh, the Pirates Jeff King mercifully ends the game with a 18th inning leadoff home run off the Cubs' Scott Sanderson. Sanderson had pitched eight innings of shutout relief. The Pirates win 5–4.

It is Carl Yastrzemski day at Fenway and the Sox retire his uniform #8. Roger Clemens then retires just one batter before leaving, giving up three earned runs. But Boston scores four in the 3rd and two in the 8th to beat Cleveland, 6–4.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 6, 1989
Cincinnati Reds 3, Atlanta Braves 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 38,077)
W: Norm Charlton L: Joe Boever
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, San Diego Padres 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 41,775)
W: Fernando Valenzuela L: Dennis Rasmussen S: Jay Howell
New York Mets 2, Montreal Expos 1 (14 inn.) at Shea Stadium (att. 43,658)
W: Jeff Musselman L: Steve Frey
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Chicago Cubs 4 (18 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 24,716)
W: Doug Drabek L: Scott Sanderson
Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 52,292)
W: Juan Agosto L: Craig Lefferts S: Dave Smith
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4 (10 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 38,736)
W: Todd Worrell L: Jeff Parrett
Baltimore Orioles 3, Texas Rangers 2 (10 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 28,592)
W: Mark Williamson L: Jeff Russell
Boston Red Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 4 at Fenway Park (att. 33,935)
W: Rob Murphy L: Jesse Orosco
Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 3 at Comiskey Park I (att. 14,418)
W: Frank Tanana L: Greg Hibbard
California Angels 6, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at County Stadium (att. 31,455)
W: Jim Abbott L: Jaime Navarro
Kansas City Royals 3, Minnesota Twins 2 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 35,028)
W: Bret Saberhagen L: Shane Rawley S: Jeff Montgomery
Oakland Athletics 2, Seattle Mariners 1 at Kingdome (att. 19,303)
W: Storm Davis L: Mike Dunne S: Dennis Eckersley
Toronto Blue Jays 6, New York Yankees 5 at Skydome (att. 49,025)
W: Todd Stottlemyre L: Walt Terrell
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Monday, August 7th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 7, 1989
Chicago Cubs 5, Montreal Expos 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 39,002)
W: Greg Maddux L: Pascual Perez
Atlanta Braves 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 27,284)
W: Tom Glavine L: Ramon Martinez
Philadelphia Phillies 2, New York Mets 1 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 35,350)
W: Roger McDowell L: Jeff Musselman
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 11,772)
W: Ted Power L: Rick Reed
San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 2 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 28,613)
W: Bruce Hurst L: Jim Deshaies
Cincinnati Reds 10, San Francisco Giants 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 23,905)
W: Ron Robinson L: Jeff Brantley S: Tim Birtsas
Minnesota Twins 4, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 36,180)
W: Roy Smith L: Jeff Ballard S: Jeff Reardon
Detroit Tigers 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at Tiger Stadium
W: Kevin Ritz L: Tony Fossas S: Mike Henneman
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Detroit Tigers 2 at Tiger Stadium (att. 18,577)
W: Tom Filer L: Paul Gibson S: Dan Plesac
Kansas City Royals 6, Boston Red Sox 4 at Royals Stadium (att. 40,803)
W: Mark Gubicza L: Greg Harris S: Steve Farr
New York Yankees 9, Cleveland Indians 0 at Yankee Stadium (att. 21,794)
W: Greg Cadaret L: Scott Bailes
Seattle Mariners 5, Oakland Athletics 1 at Kingdome (att. 31,334)
W: Clint Zavaras L: Bob Welch
Toronto Blue Jays 2, Texas Rangers 1 at Skydome (att. 48,773)
W: John Cerutti L: Mike Jeffcoat
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Tuesday, August 8th

IN THE NEWS: Mauro Gozzo pitches eight shutout innings in his ML debut as Toronto beats Texas 7–0 to go over .500 for the first time since Opening Day. The Blue Jays will eventually overtake the surprising Orioles and win the American League East.

The Royals' Flash Gordon stops the visiting Red Sox, 8–1. Sox C Rick Cerone starts the game behind the plate, then moves to RF for the first time in his career.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 8, 1989
Chicago Cubs 4, Montreal Expos 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 38,126)
W: Mike Bielecki L: Dennis Martinez S: Les Lancaster
Los Angeles Dodgers 10, Atlanta Braves 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 30,713)
W: Orel Hershiser L: John Smoltz
New York Mets 9, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 35,196)
W: David Cone L: Bruce Ruffin
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 13,884)
W: Bob Walk L: Ken Hill
Houston Astros 12, San Diego Padres 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 16,988)
W: Jim Clancy L: Don Schulze
Cincinnati Reds 10, San Francisco Giants 4 at Candlestick Park (att. 20,765)
W: Tom Browning L: Russ Swan
Baltimore Orioles 6, Minnesota Twins 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 27,875)
W: Dave Johnson L: Rick Aguilera
Seattle Mariners 6, California Angels 4 (10 inn.) at Anaheim Stadium (att. 27,252)
W: Jerry Reed L: Greg Minton S: Mike Schooler
Oakland Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 2 (10 inn.) at Comiskey Park I (att. 17,832)
W: Rick Honeycutt L: Donn Pall S: Dennis Eckersley
Detroit Tigers 6, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at Tiger Stadium (att. 16,503)
W: Jeff Robinson L: Don August S: Willie Hernandez
Kansas City Royals 8, Boston Red Sox 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 32,015)
W: Tom Gordon L: Tom Bolton
Cleveland Indians 3, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 25,192)
W: Tom Candiotti L: Chuck Cary S: Doug Jones
Toronto Blue Jays 7, Texas Rangers 0 at Skydome (att. 48,689)
W: Mauro Gozzo L: Bobby Witt
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Wednesday, August 9th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 9, 1989
Chicago Cubs 3, Montreal Expos 0 at Wrigley Field (att. 39,009)
W: Rick Sutcliffe L: Bryn Smith S: Mitch Williams
Atlanta Braves 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 41,328)
W: Pete Smith L: John Wetteland S: Jim Acker
New York Mets 6, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 43,462)
W: Bob Ojeda L: Dennis Cook
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 15,046)
W: Joe Magrane L: Doug Drabek
San Diego Padres 2, Houston Astros 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 18,120)
W: Mark Davis L: Dave Smith
San Francisco Giants 10, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 29,441)
W: Don Robinson L: Rick Mahler
Minnesota Twins 7, Baltimore Orioles 0 at Memorial Stadium (att. 30,132)
W: Allan Anderson L: Mark Thurmond
California Angels 4, Seattle Mariners 1 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 26,416)
W: Kirk McCaskill L: Brian Holman S: Bryan Harvey
Chicago White Sox 3, Oakland Athletics 2 (11 inn.) at Comiskey Park I (att. 15,389)
W: Tom McCarthy L: Jim Corsi
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Detroit Tigers 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 24,348)
W: Chuck Crim L: Jack Morris S: Dan Plesac
Boston Red Sox 6, Kansas City Royals 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 37,225)
W: Mike Boddicker L: Luis Aquino
Cleveland Indians 7, New York Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 31,121)
W: Rod Nichols L: Andy Hawkins S: Steve Olin
Texas Rangers 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Skydome (att. 48,962)
W: Charlie Hough L: Dave Stieb S: Jeff Russell
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Thursday, August 10th

IN THE NEWS: Nolan Ryan falls short in yet another no-hit bid, giving up a one-out single to Dave Bergman in the 9th inning and eventually needing relief in a 4–1 win over the Tigers.

Dave Dravecky pitches seven shut out innings and beats the Reds, 4–3, for his first win of the year. The Giants pitcher, recovering from arm surgery, has been in extensive rehab.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 10, 1989
Philadelphia Phillies 16, Chicago Cubs 13 at Wrigley Field (att. 36,745)
W: Jeff Parrett L: Steve Wilson
New York Mets 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Shea Stadium
W: Ron Darling L: Jose DeLeon
New York Mets 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 48,712)
W: Jeff Musselman L: John Costello S: Randy Myers
San Diego Padres 13, Houston Astros 3 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 16,760)
W: Greg Harris L: Bob Forsch
San Francisco Giants 4, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 34,810)
W: Dave Dravecky L: Scott Scudder S: Steve Bedrosian
Seattle Mariners 3, California Angels 2 (10 inn.) at Anaheim Stadium (att. 26,924)
W: Mike Jackson L: Chuck Finley S: Mike Schooler
Oakland Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 16,173)
W: Storm Davis L: Steve Rosenberg S: Dennis Eckersley
Milwaukee Brewers 10, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 15,506)
W: Teddy Higuera L: Bud Black
Texas Rangers 4, Detroit Tigers 1 at Arlington Stadium (att. 35,266)
W: Nolan Ryan L: Doyle Alexander S: Jeff Russell
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Friday, August 11th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 11, 1989
Chicago Cubs 9, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 36,440)
W: Greg Maddux L: Don Carman
Cincinnati Reds 6, Houston Astros 1 at Astrodome (att. 36,044)
W: Tim Leary L: Rick Rhoden S: Rob Dibble
Montreal Expos 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 30,123)
W: Mark Langston L: John Smiley
St. Louis Cardinals 3, New York Mets 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 24,882)
W: Scott Terry L: Frank Viola S: Ken Dayley
Atlanta Braves 6, San Diego Padres 5 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium
W: Mark Eichhorn L: Andy Benes S: Joe Boever
San Diego Padres 2, Atlanta Braves 0 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 27,563)
W: Dennis Rasmussen L: Marty Clary S: Mark Davis
San Francisco Giants 10, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 33,307)
W: Mike LaCoss L: Tim Belcher
Boston Red Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 4 at Memorial Stadium
W: Roger Clemens L: Bob Milacki
Baltimore Orioles 4, Boston Red Sox 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 49,003)
W: Pete Harnisch L: Mike Smithson
Oakland Athletics 5, California Angels 0 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 61,696)
W: Mike Moore L: Mike Witt
Cleveland Indians 5, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at Cleveland Stadium
W: John Farrell L: Jaime Navarro
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Cleveland Indians 7 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 47,795)
W: Mark Knudson L: Ed Wojna S: Dan Plesac
Kansas City Royals 6, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 40,027)
W: Bret Saberhagen L: Mike Flanagan
New York Yankees 11, Minnesota Twins 3 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 40,653)
W: Walt Terrell L: Shane Rawley S: Dave Righetti
Chicago White Sox 9, Seattle Mariners 6 (10 inn.) at Kingdome (att. 10,875)
W: Bobby Thigpen L: Mike Schooler
Texas Rangers 7, Detroit Tigers 3 at Arlington Stadium (att. 26,400)
W: Kevin Brown L: Frank Tanana
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Saturday, August 12th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 12, 1989
Chicago Cubs 9, Philadelphia Phillies 7 at Wrigley Field (att. 37,752)
W: Mike Bielecki L: Ken Howell S: Mitch Williams
Houston Astros 6, Cincinnati Reds 5 at Astrodome (att. 33,792)
W: Dave Smith L: John Franco
Montreal Expos 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 27,697)
W: Kevin Gross L: Jeff Robinson S: Zane Smith
New York Mets 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 35,414)
W: David Cone L: Ted Power S: Randy Myers
Atlanta Braves 5, San Diego Padres 4 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 21,657)
W: Tom Glavine L: Bruce Hurst S: Jim Acker
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 49,772)
W: Fernando Valenzuela L: Bob Knepper
Boston Red Sox 10, Baltimore Orioles 8 (13 inn.) at Memorial Stadium (att. 50,865)
W: Bob Stanley L: Kevin Hickey
Oakland Athletics 8, California Angels 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 53,036)
W: Bob Welch L: Jim Abbott S: Todd Burns
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Cleveland Indians 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 21,325)
W: Chris Bosio L: Scott Bailes
Toronto Blue Jays 2, Kansas City Royals 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 40,934)
W: Todd Stottlemyre L: Mark Gubicza S: Tom Henke
Minnesota Twins 6, New York Yankees 3 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 43,920)
W: Roy Smith L: Greg Cadaret S: Jeff Reardon
Seattle Mariners 4, Chicago White Sox 3 (10 inn.) at Kingdome (att. 14,420)
W: Jerry Reed L: Donn Pall
Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 5 at Arlington Stadium (att. 38,421)
W: Paul Gibson L: Kenny Rogers S: Willie Hernandez
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Sunday, August 13th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 13, 1989
Philadelphia Phillies 5, Chicago Cubs 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 37,054)
W: Jeff Parrett L: Steve Wilson
Cincinnati Reds 5, Houston Astros 0 at Astrodome (att. 26,825)
W: Tom Browning L: Jim Clancy
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Montreal Expos 4 at Stade Olympique (att. 38,576)
W: Bob Walk L: Pascual Perez S: Bill Landrum
New York Mets 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 39,341)
W: Bob Ojeda L: Ken Hill S: Randy Myers
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, San Francisco Giants 2 (12 inn.) at Candlestick Park (att. 53,821)
W: Jay Howell L: Don Robinson S: Alejandro Pena
Baltimore Orioles 6, Boston Red Sox 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 46,335)
W: Dave Johnson L: Tom Bolton
California Angels 4, Oakland Athletics 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 60,326)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Dave Stewart S: Bryan Harvey
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Cleveland Indians 4 (10 inn.) at Cleveland Stadium (att. 22,344)
W: Dan Plesac L: Doug Jones
Kansas City Royals 8, Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Royals Stadium (att. 33,619)
W: Tom Gordon L: John Cerutti
New York Yankees 9, Minnesota Twins 7 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 38,797)
W: Lee Guetterman L: Jeff Reardon
Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle Mariners 4 at Kingdome (att. 20,838)
W: Bill Long L: Keith Comstock S: Bobby Thigpen
Detroit Tigers 4, Texas Rangers 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 21,056)
W: Mike Henneman L: Kenny Rogers S: Willie Hernandez
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Monday, August 14th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 14, 1989
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Montreal Expos 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 18,838)
W: Doug Drabek L: Dennis Martinez
St. Louis Cardinals 7, Atlanta Braves 4 at Busch Stadium II
W: Joe Magrane L: John Smoltz S: Todd Worrell
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Atlanta Braves 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 39,186)
W: John Costello L: Pete Smith S: Ken Dayley
Toronto Blue Jays 4, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park (att. 35,058)
W: Mauro Gozzo L: Mike Boddicker S: Tom Henke
Minnesota Twins 6, California Angels 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 26,542)
W: Allan Anderson L: Kirk McCaskill S: Jeff Reardon
Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 3 at Comiskey Park I (att. 10,575)
W: Ken Patterson L: Luis Aquino S: Bobby Thigpen
Baltimore Orioles 4, Detroit Tigers 1 (10 inn.) at Tiger Stadium (att. 17,447)
W: Dave Schmidt L: Jack Morris S: Gregg Olson
Milwaukee Brewers 5, New York Yankees 4 at County Stadium (att. 22,829)
W: Tony Fossas L: Dave Righetti
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Tuesday, August 15th

IN THE NEWS: In his 2nd start since returning to the major leagues after cancer treatment, the Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines in the 6th inning of a 3–2 San Francisco win. The bone will heal but Dravecky will break it again during the Giants on-field celebration when the Giants clinch the pennant. Dravecky will not pitch again in the major leagues.

Rangers Charlie Hough pitches his 2nd career one-hitter and gets his 2nd career one-hit loss, as he loses 2–0 to Seattle. Hough walks 5, balks, and throws a wild pitch, while the Rangers collect 13 hits but no runs, one hit shy of the major-league record while being shut out.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 15, 1989
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 2 (12 inn.) at Riverfront Stadium (att. 31,694)
W: Mitch Williams L: Mike Roesler
Houston Astros 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 (11 inn.) at Astrodome (att. 23,574)
W: Larry Andersen L: Mike Smith
San Francisco Giants 3, Montreal Expos 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 24,490)
W: Dave Dravecky L: Bryn Smith S: Steve Bedrosian
New York Mets 3, San Diego Padres 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 32,885)
W: Jeff Musselman L: Ed Whitson
Philadelphia Phillies 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 6 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 25,169)
W: Jeff Parrett L: Ray Searage
St. Louis Cardinals 9, Atlanta Braves 1 at Busch Stadium II (att. 39,970)
W: Jose DeLeon L: Derek Lilliquist
Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 2 at Fenway Park (att. 34,800)
W: Dave Stieb L: Mike Smithson S: Duane Ward
California Angels 3, Minnesota Twins 2 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 32,050)
W: Chuck Finley L: Mike Dyer S: Bryan Harvey
Kansas City Royals 10, Chicago White Sox 6 at Comiskey Park I (att. 13,553)
W: Terry Leach L: Tom McCarthy
Baltimore Orioles 2, Detroit Tigers 0 at Tiger Stadium (att. 16,203)
W: Bob Milacki L: Doyle Alexander
Milwaukee Brewers 1, New York Yankees 0 at County Stadium (att. 38,829)
W: Teddy Higuera L: Clay Parker
Oakland Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 2 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 28,459)
W: Storm Davis L: Rod Nichols S: Dennis Eckersley
Seattle Mariners 2, Texas Rangers 0 at Kingdome (att. 11,330)
W: Brian Holman L: Charlie Hough S: Mike Schooler
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Wednesday, August 16th

IN THE NEWS: Yankees OF Luis Polonia is arrested in his hotel room for having sex with a 15-year-old girl. He will be sentenced to 60 days in jail after the season.

Lefty Tom Drees, 26, pitches his 3rd no-hitter of the season for Vancouver (AAA), beating Las Vegas 5–0 in the 7-inning opener of doubleheader. He fired consecutive 1–0 no-hitters, beating Calgary in nine innings (May 23rd) and Edmonton in seven (May 28th). Drees, now 12–11, will pitch 7+ innings for the White Sox in 1991.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 16, 1989
Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 29,764)
W: Mike Bielecki L: Tim Leary
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Houston Astros 4 (12 inn.) at Astrodome (att. 17,317)
W: Neal Heaton L: Larry Andersen S: Bill Landrum
Montreal Expos 4, San Francisco Giants 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 24,719)
W: Tim Burke L: Steve Bedrosian
New York Mets 7, San Diego Padres 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 36,768)
W: Ron Darling L: Dennis Rasmussen S: Don Aase
Philadelphia Phillies 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 25,703)
W: Don Carman L: Tim Belcher S: Roger McDowell
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Atlanta Braves 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 42,989)
W: Frank DiPino L: Jim Acker S: Todd Worrell
Toronto Blue Jays 7, Boston Red Sox 3 at Fenway Park (att. 35,310)
W: David Wells L: Rob Murphy S: Tom Henke
California Angels 7, Minnesota Twins 3 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 32,993)
W: Mike Witt L: Shane Rawley
Kansas City Royals 5, Chicago White Sox 4 at Comiskey Park I (att. 11,155)
W: Bret Saberhagen L: Bobby Thigpen S: Jeff Montgomery
Detroit Tigers 4, Baltimore Orioles 0 at Tiger Stadium (att. 17,092)
W: Frank Tanana L: Pete Harnisch
Milwaukee Brewers 5, New York Yankees 1 at County Stadium (att. 41,036)
W: Mark Knudson L: Walt Terrell S: Chuck Crim
Cleveland Indians 6, Oakland Athletics 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 29,502)
W: Steve Olin L: Rick Honeycutt S: Doug Jones
Texas Rangers 3, Seattle Mariners 1 at Kingdome (att. 16,873)
W: Nolan Ryan L: Scott Bankhead S: Jeff Russell
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Thursday, August 17th

IN THE NEWS: Orioles SS Cal Ripken plays in his 1,208th consecutive game to move past Steve Garvey into 3rd place on the all–time list. He goes 3-for-5 with a home run to help Baltimore to an 11–6 win over Toronto.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 17, 1989
Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 29,278)
W: Rick Sutcliffe L: John Franco S: Mitch Williams
Houston Astros 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Astrodome (att. 25,325)
W: Jim Deshaies L: Jeff Robinson
San Francisco Giants 10, Montreal Expos 5 at Stade Olympique (att. 21,057)
W: Bob Knepper L: Joe Hesketh
San Diego Padres 6, New York Mets 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 40,406)
W: Bruce Hurst L: Frank Viola
Los Angeles Dodgers 10, Philadelphia Phillies 4 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 25,779)
W: Fernando Valenzuela L: Ken Howell S: Alejandro Pena
Baltimore Orioles 11, Toronto Blue Jays 6 at Memorial Stadium (att. 40,147)
W: Jeff Ballard L: John Cerutti
Chicago White Sox 6, Texas Rangers 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 12,567)
W: Greg Hibbard L: Kevin Brown
New York Yankees 2, Detroit Tigers 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 23,863)
W: Greg Cadaret L: Brian DuBois S: Dave Righetti
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Boston Red Sox 4 at County Stadium (att. 33,978)
W: Chris Bosio L: Wes Gardner
Oakland Athletics 1, Cleveland Indians 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 35,071)
W: Bob Welch L: John Farrell S: Dennis Eckersley
Kansas City Royals 4, Seattle Mariners 2 at Kingdome (att. 13,720)
W: Mark Gubicza L: Mike Dunne S: Jeff Montgomery
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Friday, August 18th

IN THE NEWS: Andre Dawson gets his 2,000th career hit in the Cubs' 6–5 loss to Houston. Houston scores twice in the 9th against four Cub relievers. After the game, the Astros trade Billy Hatcher, who had a pinch single in the 9th today, to the Pirates for Glenn Wilson.

Dallas Green is fired as manager of the Yankees and replaced by former SS Bucky Dent. It is the 17th time the Yankees have changed managers since George Steinbrenner took over the club in 1973.

In a 9–2 Toronto win, Baltimore SS Cal Ripken plays in his 1,208th consecutive game, passing Steve Garvey for the 3rd longest streak in ML history, George Bell leads Toronto with two singles, a double and a home run.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 18, 1989
Atlanta Braves 13, Pittsburgh Pirates 6 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 17,154)
W: Tom Glavine L: Bob Walk
Cincinnati Reds 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2 at Riverfront Stadium
W: Tom Browning L: Ken Hill
Cincinnati Reds 8, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 39,351)
W: Rob Dibble L: Todd Worrell
Houston Astros 6, Chicago Cubs 5 at Astrodome (att. 31,987)
W: Dave Smith L: Calvin Schiraldi
Montreal Expos 5, San Diego Padres 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 20,807)
W: Pascual Perez L: Andy Benes
New York Mets 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Shea Stadium (att. 46,143)
W: David Cone L: Orel Hershiser S: Randy Myers
San Francisco Giants 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 23,368)
W: Rick Reuschel L: Bruce Ruffin S: Steve Bedrosian
Toronto Blue Jays 9, Baltimore Orioles 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 31,668)
W: Mauro Gozzo L: Dave Johnson
California Angels 6, Cleveland Indians 5 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 52,286)
W: Greg Minton L: Steve Olin S: Bryan Harvey
Texas Rangers 6, Chicago White Sox 5 at Comiskey Park I (att. 12,723)
W: Mike Jeffcoat L: Melido Perez S: Jeff Russell
Detroit Tigers 7, New York Yankees 3 at Tiger Stadium (att. 30,432)
W: Jeff Robinson L: Chuck Cary
Milwaukee Brewers 5, Boston Red Sox 2 at County Stadium (att. 42,215)
W: Tom Filer L: Tom Bolton S: Bill Krueger
Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 3 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 38,956)
W: Roy Smith L: Dave Stewart S: Jeff Reardon
Kansas City Royals 3, Seattle Mariners 1 at Kingdome (att. 16,089)
W: Tom Gordon L: Clint Zavaras S: Jeff Montgomery
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Saturday, August 19th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 19, 1989
Atlanta Braves 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 27,034)
W: John Smoltz L: Doug Drabek S: Joe Boever
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 33,959)
W: Joe Magrane L: Rick Mahler
Houston Astros 8, Chicago Cubs 4 at Astrodome (att. 41,661)
W: Mark Portugal L: Greg Maddux
Montreal Expos 6, San Diego Padres 4 at Stade Olympique (att. 24,914)
W: Dennis Martinez L: Greg Harris S: Tim Burke
New York Mets 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 38,453)
W: Bob Ojeda L: John Wetteland S: Randy Myers
Philadelphia Phillies 1, San Francisco Giants 0 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 30,366)
W: Terry Mulholland L: Kelly Downs
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 38,111)
W: Jimmy Key L: Bob Milacki
California Angels 7, Cleveland Indians 4 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 40,574)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Rod Nichols S: Greg Minton
Texas Rangers 7, Chicago White Sox 6 at Comiskey Park I (att. 18,638)
W: Bobby Witt L: Richard Dotson S: Jeff Russell
Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 4 at Tiger Stadium (att. 30,454)
W: Jack Morris L: Dave Righetti
Boston Red Sox 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1 (14 inn.) at County Stadium (att. 49,539)
W: Greg Harris L: Mark Knudson
Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 4 (10 inn.) at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 44,123)
W: Storm Davis L: Gary Wayne
Kansas City Royals 13, Seattle Mariners 5 at Kingdome (att. 24,592)
W: Terry Leach L: Randy Johnson
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Sunday, August 20th

IN THE NEWS: Howard Johnson hits his 30th home run of the season in the Mets 5–4 loss to the Dodgers and joins Barry Bonds and Willie Mays as the only players to achieve 30 home runs and 30 SBs in two different seasons.

For the 3rd time in his career, Kevin Bass homers from each side of the plate in a game, as the Astros double the Cubs, 8–4, winning again in the 9th. Bass's second homer of the game is a grand slam with one out in the 9th off Mitch Williams, with the loss going to Lancaster. Danny Darwin (11–3) is the winner.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 20, 1989
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Atlanta Braves 6 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 9,222)
W: Rick Reed L: Pete Smith S: Bill Landrum
St. Louis Cardinals 8, Cincinnati Reds 1 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 21,512)
W: Jose DeLeon L: Tim Leary
Houston Astros 8, Chicago Cubs 4 at Astrodome (att. 38,624)
W: Danny Darwin L: Les Lancaster
San Diego Padres 5, Montreal Expos 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 39,377)
W: Ed Whitson L: Bryn Smith S: Mark Davis
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Mets 4 at Shea Stadium (att. 45,031)
W: Alejandro Pena L: Don Aase S: Jay Howell
San Francisco Giants 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 36,530)
W: Jeff Brantley L: Roger McDowell
Baltimore Orioles 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 37,242)
W: Pete Harnisch L: Dave Stieb S: Mark Thurmond
California Angels 1, Cleveland Indians 0 at Anaheim Stadium (att. 32,640)
W: Kirk McCaskill L: Bud Black
Texas Rangers 7, Chicago White Sox 1 at Comiskey Park I (att. 27,158)
W: Charlie Hough L: Steve Rosenberg
Detroit Tigers 7, New York Yankees 6 at Tiger Stadium (att. 33,499)
W: Edwin Nunez L: Eric Plunk S: Mike Henneman
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Boston Red Sox 3 at County Stadium (att. 45,579)
W: Jaime Navarro L: Mike Smithson S: Tony Fossas
Oakland Athletics 5, Minnesota Twins 0 at Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (att. 43,875)
W: Mike Moore L: Allan Anderson
Kansas City Royals 5, Seattle Mariners 4 at Kingdome (att. 38,729)
W: Steve Crawford L: Brian Holman S: Jeff Montgomery
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Monday, August 21st

IN THE NEWS: Cubs rookie OF Jerome Walton goes 0-for-4 in a 6–5, 10-inning loss to the Reds, ending his hitting streak at 30 consecutive games.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 21, 1989
Cincinnati Reds 6, Chicago Cubs 5 (10 inn.) at Wrigley Field (att. 37,626)
W: Norm Charlton L: Calvin Schiraldi S: John Franco
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Montreal Expos 1 at Stade Olympique (att. 24,440)
W: Tim Belcher L: Mark Langston
New York Mets 4, San Francisco Giants 1 at Shea Stadium (att. 41,200)
W: Ron Darling L: Mike LaCoss S: Randy Myers
San Diego Padres 8, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 17,467)
W: Dennis Rasmussen L: Don Carman
Baltimore Orioles 5, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at Memorial Stadium (att. 31,912)
W: Jeff Ballard L: Jerry Reuss
Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 1 at Tiger Stadium (att. 6,197)
W: Curt Young L: Frank Tanana
Kansas City Royals 4, California Angels 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 37,170)
W: Bret Saberhagen L: Willie Fraser S: Rick Luecken
New York Yankees 6, Boston Red Sox 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 33,059)
W: Walt Terrell L: Roger Clemens S: Rich Gossage
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Tuesday, August 22nd

IN THE NEWS: Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson in the 5th inning of a 2–0 loss to Oakland to become the only pitcher in ML history to strike out 5,000 batters. Ryan (13–7) strikes out 13 but loses to Welch (14-7), who K's nine in eight innings.

Cleveland's Felix Fermin ties the major-league record with four sacrifice bunts in a 3–2, 10-inning win over Seattle. He is the first player to accomplish the feat since Ray Chapman in 1919.

In his only inning of work, Braves reliever Paul Assenmacher strikes out four batters in the 5th inning of a 10–5 loss to St. Louis.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 22, 1989
St. Louis Cardinals 10, Atlanta Braves 5 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 9,117)
W: Ted Power L: Derek Lilliquist
Cincinnati Reds 7, Chicago Cubs 2 at Wrigley Field (att. 35,179)
W: Tom Browning L: Joe Kraemer
Montreal Expos 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Stade Olympique (att. 23,810)
W: Kevin Gross L: Fernando Valenzuela S: Tim Burke
San Francisco Giants 5, New York Mets 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 48,249)
W: Bob Knepper L: Frank Viola
Philadelphia Phillies 4, San Diego Padres 2 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 21,419)
W: Ken Howell L: Mark Grant S: Roger McDowell
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 14,638)
W: John Smiley L: Jim Deshaies
Baltimore Orioles 4, Milwaukee Brewers 2 at Memorial Stadium (att. 31,726)
W: Dave Johnson L: Chris Bosio
Cleveland Indians 3, Seattle Mariners 2 (10 inn.) at Cleveland Stadium (att. 12,565)
W: Doug Jones L: Mike Schooler
Kansas City Royals 4, California Angels 2 at Royals Stadium (att. 27,836)
W: Terry Leach L: Mike Witt S: Jeff Montgomery
Chicago White Sox 10, Minnesota Twins 2 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 24,967)
W: Eric King L: Shane Rawley
Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 33,514)
W: Rob Murphy L: John Candelaria S: Lee Smith
Oakland Athletics 2, Texas Rangers 0 at Arlington Stadium (att. 42,869)
W: Bob Welch L: Nolan Ryan S: Dennis Eckersley
Toronto Blue Jays 3, Detroit Tigers 2 (14 inn.) at Skydome (att. 49,072)
W: Mauro Gozzo L: Edwin Nunez
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Wednesday, August 23rd

IN THE NEWS: Rick Dempsey homers off Dennis Martinez in the top of the 22nd inning to break up a scoreless tie and give the Dodgers a 1–0 win over the Expos. The game features one thumbing -- the umps toss the Expos mascot Youppi in the 11th for annoying Tommy Lasorda -- and he then returns in the 13th wearing pajamas. He carries a pillow and sleeps on the home dugout roof, where the umps have restricted him. In the 16th, Larry Walker apparently scores the game-winner, but the Dodgers appeal -- with two umps in the tunnel -- and get it. Eddie Murray in the 18th moves the 2B ump and slams a drive that Walker makes a phantom catch off the padding in RF. Fans stand for three "seventh-inning stretches" during the major-league record (in time, and for a 1–0 game) six hours: 14 minute game. Other club records are set and several ML records are noted: most innings (22) without a walk by the Expos tops the Pirates (who used one pitcher) against the Giants, July 17, 1914.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 23, 1989
Atlanta Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 7,792)
W: Marty Clary L: Ricky Horton
Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 5 at Wrigley Field (att. 33,054)
W: Scott Scudder L: Greg Maddux
Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Montreal Expos 0 (22 inn.) at Stade Olympique (att. 21,742)
W: John Wetteland L: Dennis Martinez
San Francisco Giants 5, New York Mets 0 at Shea Stadium (att. 43,694)
W: Rick Reuschel L: David Cone
San Diego Padres 7, Philadelphia Phillies 3 at Veteran's Stadium (att. 20,455)
W: Andy Benes L: Bruce Ruffin
Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Houston Astros 1 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 12,564)
W: Bob Walk L: Jim Clancy
Baltimore Orioles 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Memorial Stadium (att. 32,702)
W: Bob Milacki L: Tom Filer S: Gregg Olson
Cleveland Indians 5, Seattle Mariners 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 9,618)
W: Tom Candiotti L: Mike Dunne S: Doug Jones
Kansas City Royals 6, California Angels 4 at Royals Stadium (att. 32,843)
W: Tom Gordon L: Jim Abbott S: Jeff Montgomery
Minnesota Twins 8, Chicago White Sox 7 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 21,726)
W: Roy Smith L: Greg Hibbard
Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 33,663)
W: Mike Boddicker L: Andy Hawkins S: Lee Smith
Oakland Athletics 5, Texas Rangers 4 at Arlington Stadium (att. 23,453)
W: Dave Stewart L: Kevin Brown S: Dennis Eckersley
Toronto Blue Jays 11, Detroit Tigers 4 at Skydome (att. 49,233)
W: Frank Wills L: Jeff Robinson
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Thursday, August 24th

IN THE NEWS: After weeks of legal wrangling, Commissioner Bart Giamatti permanently bans Pete Rose from baseball for his alleged gambling on ML games. Although the 5-page document signed by both parties includes no formal findings, Giamatti says that he considers Rose's acceptance of the ban to be a no-contest plea to the charges. Coach Tommy Helms is named Rose's interim replacement as Cincinnati manager.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 24, 1989
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Atlanta Braves 1 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (att. 8,174)
W: Joe Magrane L: Tom Glavine
Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Houston Astros 2 (14 inn.) at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 13,884)
W: Doug Bair L: Juan Agosto
Cleveland Indians 5, Seattle Mariners 2 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 12,726)
W: Steve Davis L: Clint Zavaras S: Doug Jones
California Angels 5, Kansas City Royals 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 37,656)
W: Bert Blyleven L: Luis Aquino
Minnesota Twins 6, Chicago White Sox 4 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 31,869)
W: Juan Berenguer L: Shawn Hillegas S: Jeff Reardon
New York Yankees 5, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Yankee Stadium
W: Chuck Cary L: Pete Harnisch
Baltimore Orioles 9, New York Yankees 2 at Yankee Stadium (att. 30,214)
W: Dave Schmidt L: Eric Plunk
Texas Rangers 6, Oakland Athletics 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 25,604)
W: Mike Jeffcoat L: Storm Davis S: Gary Mielke
Toronto Blue Jays 11, Detroit Tigers 3 at Skydome (att. 49,201)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Jack Morris
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Friday, August 25th

IN THE NEWS: Pittsburgh's Gary Redus hits for the cycle in a 12–3 win over the Reds.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 25, 1989
Chicago Cubs 4, Atlanta Braves 3 (12 inn.) at Wrigley Field (att. 35,456)
W: Mitch Williams L: Mark Eichhorn
Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Cincinnati Reds 3 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 25,722)
W: Jeff Robinson L: Rick Mahler
St. Louis Cardinals 7, Houston Astros 4 at Astrodome (att. 25,148)
W: Jose DeLeon L: Mike Scott
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 at Dodger Stadium (att. 33,541)
W: Terry Mulholland L: Ramon Martinez S: Jeff Parrett
San Diego Padres 5, New York Mets 3 (11 inn.) at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 32,150)
W: Greg Harris L: Randy Myers
Montreal Expos 12, San Francisco Giants 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 23,272)
W: Dennis Martinez L: Kelly Downs
Boston Red Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 2 at Fenway Park
W: Mike Smithson L: Doyle Alexander S: Rob Murphy
Boston Red Sox 11, Detroit Tigers 3 at Fenway Park (att. 35,158)
W: Dennis Lamp L: Kevin Ritz
Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland Indians 4 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 20,033)
W: Richard Dotson L: Jesse Orosco S: Bobby Thigpen
Kansas City Royals 3, Oakland Athletics 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 38,263)
W: Mark Gubicza L: Mike Moore S: Jeff Montgomery
Minnesota Twins 2, Seattle Mariners 1 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 22,195)
W: Mike Dyer L: Randy Johnson S: Jeff Reardon
Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Yankees 1 at Yankee Stadium (att. 30,177)
W: Jeff Ballard L: Clay Parker S: Gregg Olson
California Angels 4, Texas Rangers 1 at Arlington Stadium (att. 25,427)
W: Kirk McCaskill L: Bobby Witt S: Greg Minton
Toronto Blue Jays 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1 at Skydome (att. 49,457)
W: Jimmy Key L: Jeff Peterek S: Tom Henke
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Saturday, August 26th

IN THE NEWS: Toronto's Dave Stieb pitches his 5th career one-hitter, 7–0 over Milwaukee. The spoiler is Robin Yount's 6th-inning single.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 26, 1989
Atlanta Braves 5, Chicago Cubs 3 at Wrigley Field (att. 35,752)
W: Sergio Valdez L: Rick Sutcliffe S: Joe Boever
Cincinnati Reds 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 26,159)
W: Ron Robinson L: Rick Reed S: John Franco
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Houston Astros 3 at Astrodome (att. 31,301)
W: Ken Hill L: Rick Rhoden S: Todd Worrell
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Philadelphia Phillies 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 42,000)
W: Tim Belcher L: Dennis Cook
San Diego Padres 9, New York Mets 4 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 28,469)
W: Dennis Rasmussen L: Ron Darling S: Greg Harris
San Francisco Giants 8, Montreal Expos 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 29,527)
W: Scott Garrelts L: Mark Langston
Boston Red Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 2 at Fenway Park (att. 34,643)
W: Roger Clemens L: Frank Tanana S: Lee Smith
Chicago White Sox 4, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 14,469)
W: Steve Rosenberg L: Bud Black S: Bobby Thigpen
Kansas City Royals 2, Oakland Athletics 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 41,253)
W: Bret Saberhagen L: Curt Young
Minnesota Twins 1, Seattle Mariners 0 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 25,557)
W: David West L: Brian Holman S: Jeff Reardon
Baltimore Orioles 6, New York Yankees 4 at Yankee Stadium (att. 38,021)
W: Dave Johnson L: Walt Terrell S: Gregg Olson
Texas Rangers 3, California Angels 2 at Arlington Stadium (att. 32,157)
W: Charlie Hough L: Terry Clark S: Jeff Russell
Toronto Blue Jays 7, Milwaukee Brewers 0 at Skydome (att. 49,507)
W: Dave Stieb L: Teddy Higuera
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Sunday, August 27th

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 27, 1989
Chicago Cubs 3, Atlanta Braves 2 (10 inn.) at Wrigley Field (att. 35,107)
W: Mitch Williams L: Mark Eichhorn
Cincinnati Reds 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 0 at Riverfront Stadium (att. 22,413)
W: Tom Browning L: Randy Kramer S: John Franco
Houston Astros 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3 at Astrodome (att. 20,697)
W: Bob Forsch L: Ted Power S: Dave Smith
Los Angeles Dodgers 8, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 28,496)
W: Fernando Valenzuela L: Don Carman
San Diego Padres 13, New York Mets 7 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 30,558)
W: Pat Clements L: John Mitchell S: Mark Grant
Montreal Expos 6, San Francisco Giants 3 at Candlestick Park (att. 31,536)
W: Bryn Smith L: Mike LaCoss S: Tim Burke
Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 1 at Fenway Park (att. 34,252)
W: Joe Price L: Brian DuBois
Chicago White Sox 9, Cleveland Indians 3 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 24,835)
W: Greg Hibbard L: John Farrell
Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 38,263)
W: Bob Welch L: Tom Gordon
Minnesota Twins 8, Seattle Mariners 5 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 32,329)
W: Mark Guthrie L: Scott Bankhead S: Juan Berenguer
Baltimore Orioles 8, New York Yankees 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 43,799)
W: Bob Milacki L: Greg Cadaret
California Angels 5, Texas Rangers 4 at Arlington Stadium (att. 25,270)
W: Bob McClure L: Nolan Ryan
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Milwaukee Brewers 4 at Skydome (att. 49,312)
W: Todd Stottlemyre L: Chris Bosio S: Duane Ward
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Monday, August 28th

IN THE NEWS: Frank Viola and the Mets outduel Orel Hershiser and the Dodgers 1–0 in the first-ever regular-season matchup of defending Cy Young Award winners.

Jim Dwyer changes uniforms again as the Twins trade him to Montreal for Alonzo Powell. Dwyer will come back to the Twins in January for a minor leaguer.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 28, 1989
Chicago Cubs 6, Houston Astros 1 at Wrigley Field (att. 23,039)
W: Greg Maddux L: Jose Cano
New York Mets 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 at Dodger Stadium (att. 38,820)
W: Frank Viola L: Orel Hershiser
Atlanta Braves 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 9,854)
W: Pete Smith L: Bob Walk S: Mike Stanton
San Diego Padres 9, Montreal Expos 4 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 13,932)
W: Andy Benes L: Kevin Gross S: Mark Davis
Philadelphia Phillies 9, San Francisco Giants 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 15,614)
W: Ken Howell L: Rick Reuschel
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 26,604)
W: John Costello L: Rob Dibble S: Todd Worrell
Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 3 at Fenway Park (att. 33,307)
W: Mike Boddicker L: Jeff Robinson S: Lee Smith
Minnesota Twins 5, Seattle Mariners 4 (10 inn.) at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 18,287)
W: Jeff Reardon L: Mike Schooler
Oakland Athletics 7, New York Yankees 3 at Yankee Stadium (att. 25,359)
W: Dave Stewart L: Andy Hawkins S: Dennis Eckersley
Milwaukee Brewers 8, Toronto Blue Jays 2 at Skydome (att. 49,219)
W: Tom Filer L: John Cerutti S: Bill Krueger
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Tuesday, August 29th

IN THE NEWS: Trailing 9–0 after five innings, the Cubs rally to beat Houston 10–9 in 10 innings at Wrigley. Rafael Ramirez drives in seven runs for the Astros, but the winning margin is provided by defensive replacement Dwight Smith. Smith comes in to play RF for Chicago and singles home a run in the 7th, throws out a runner at the plate in the 8th, ties the game with a sac fly in the 8th, and singles in the game-winner in the 10th.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 29, 1989
Chicago Cubs 10, Houston Astros 9 (10 inn.) at Wrigley Field (att. 25,829)
W: Paul Assenmacher L: Dave Smith
New York Mets 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 at Dodger Stadium (att. 36,756)
W: David Cone L: John Wetteland
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Atlanta Braves 4 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 9,686)
W: Doug Drabek L: Tom Glavine S: Bill Landrum
San Diego Padres 2, Montreal Expos 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 17,687)
W: Mark Grant L: Rich Thompson
Philadelphia Phillies 6, San Francisco Giants 1 at Candlestick Park (att. 13,952)
W: Bruce Ruffin L: Don Robinson S: Roger McDowell
St. Louis Cardinals 4, Cincinnati Reds 2 at Busch Stadium II (att. 27,405)
W: Joe Magrane L: Tim Leary
Boston Red Sox 8, California Angels 4 at Fenway Park
W: Dennis Lamp L: Bert Blyleven
Boston Red Sox 13, California Angels 5 at Fenway Park (att. 33,987)
W: Bob Stanley L: Dan Petry
Cleveland Indians 3, Baltimore Orioles 1 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 10,035)
W: Doug Jones L: Pete Harnisch
Kansas City Royals 12, Detroit Tigers 8 at Royals Stadium (att. 21,130)
W: Steve Crawford L: Steve Searcy
Seattle Mariners 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 15,720)
W: Erik Hanson L: Jaime Navarro S: Mike Schooler
Texas Rangers 4, Minnesota Twins 2 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 19,004)
W: Drew Hall L: Rick Aguilera S: Jeff Russell
Oakland Athletics 19, New York Yankees 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 27,751)
W: Storm Davis L: Chuck Cary
Toronto Blue Jays 3, Chicago White Sox 2 at Skydome (att. 49,565)
W: Mike Flanagan L: Donn Pall S: Tom Henke
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Wednesday, August 30th

IN THE NEWS: St. Louis leaves 16 runners on base in a 2–0, 13-inning loss to the Reds, setting a major-league record for runners left on base in a shutout.

The Yankees send veteran slugger Ken Phelps, hitting .249, to Oakland for minor league P Scott Holcomb.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 30, 1989
Houston Astros 8, Chicago Cubs 4 at Wrigley Field (att. 37,218)
W: Mike Scott L: Rick Sutcliffe
New York Mets 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 3 at Dodger Stadium (att. 37,109)
W: Sid Fernandez L: Ramon Martinez
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Atlanta Braves 5 at Three Rivers Stadium (att. 8,314)
W: Randy Kramer L: Joe Boever S: Bill Landrum
Montreal Expos 5, San Diego Padres 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 16,557)
W: Dennis Martinez L: Ed Whitson
San Francisco Giants 3, Philadelphia Phillies 2 at Candlestick Park (att. 19,053)
W: Kelly Downs L: Terry Mulholland S: Steve Bedrosian
Cincinnati Reds 2, St. Louis Cardinals 0 (13 inn.) at Busch Stadium II (att. 34,976)
W: Rob Dibble L: Todd Worrell S: John Franco
California Angels 4, Boston Red Sox 0 at Fenway Park (att. 34,182)
W: Jim Abbott L: John Dopson
Baltimore Orioles 7, Cleveland Indians 4 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 13,020)
W: Jeff Ballard L: Greg Swindell S: Gregg Olson
Kansas City Royals 6, Detroit Tigers 1 at Royals Stadium (att. 20,176)
W: Mark Gubicza L: Doyle Alexander
Seattle Mariners 7, Milwaukee Brewers 3 at County Stadium (att. 13,938)
W: Randy Johnson L: Jeff Peterek S: Mike Jackson
Minnesota Twins 7, Texas Rangers 3 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 18,651)
W: Mike Dyer L: Jeff Russell S: Jeff Reardon
New York Yankees 8, Oakland Athletics 5 at Yankee Stadium (att. 26,238)
W: Eric Plunk L: Mike Moore S: Lance McCullers
Toronto Blue Jays 2, Chicago White Sox 1 at Skydome (att. 49,435)
W: Jimmy Key L: Richard Dotson S: Duane Ward
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Thursday, August 31st

IN THE NEWS: Arbitrator Thomas Roberts orders the ML owners to pay $10.5 million in damages as a result of their collusion against free agents after the 1985 season.

Minutes before the postseason rosters must be filed, the Cubs obtain 3B Luis Salazar and OF Marvell Wynne from San Diego in exchange for P Calvin Schiraldi, OF Darrin Jackson and 1B Phil Stephenson. Salazar will play a key role in the Cubs' title run, while of the three new Pad people, only Jackson will perform decently.

SCOREBOARD: AUGUST 31, 1989
San Diego Padres 5, Philadelphia Phillies 1 at San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium (att. 15,541)
W: Dennis Rasmussen L: Don Carman S: Mark Grant
Boston Red Sox 5, California Angels 2 at Fenway Park (att. 31,737)
W: Roger Clemens L: Kirk McCaskill
Cleveland Indians 11, Baltimore Orioles 0 at Cleveland Stadium (att. 9,735)
W: John Farrell L: Dave Johnson
Kansas City Royals 3, Detroit Tigers 0 at Royals Stadium (att. 30,004)
W: Bret Saberhagen L: Kevin Ritz S: Jeff Montgomery
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Seattle Mariners 1 at County Stadium (att. 15,540)
W: Mark Knudson L: Brian Holman
Minnesota Twins 8, Texas Rangers 6 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (att. 18,556)
W: David West L: Bobby Witt S: Jeff Reardon
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Chicago White Sox 1 at Skydome (att. 49,422)
W: Dave Stieb L: Steve Rosenberg
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