GAME 1 : Candelaria vs Downs
San Francisco (15-12) -- 2Pittsburgh (10-17) -- 1
WP: Holland (2-2) LP: Walk (0-2) SV: Minton (5)
John Candelaria did all he could to push the skidding Pirates back onto the winning path. The Candyman blanked the Giants for the 1st 6 innings while driving in the lone Pirate run of the game in the 3rd. But in the 7th, SF tied it up on a Mike Aldrete ground out following a Kevin Mitchell triple to lead off the inning. Then in the 8th the Giants took the lead after a Will Clark home run off of Bob Walk. Greg Minton closed the door in the 9th for his 5th save of the year.
GAME 2 : Reuschel vs Reuschel
Pittsburgh (11-17) -- 8San Francisco (15-13) -- 3
WP: R.Reuschel (2-0) LP: R.Reuschel (2-2) SV: McWilliams (1)
Rick Reuschel was poised to pick up a victory in this matchup. It was just a matter of which hat he would be wearing for the post game interview. It turns out Reuschel would be wearing the Black and Yellow of his Pittsbugh Pirates after going 6 strong innings giving up 1 run while driving in 1 with his bat. The Pirates were powered by HRs by Mike Easler and Barry Bonds as well as 3 hit games by Ray and Madlock to coast to an 8-3 win. Larry McWilliams picked up a 3 inning save but was shaky giving up 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks. But luckily the Bucs had built up enough of a cushion to pick up the win.
GAME 3 : Blue vs Bibby
Pittsburgh (12-17) -- 11San Francisco (15-14) -- 10 (11 innings)
WP: R.Reuschel (2-0) LP: R.Reuschel (2-2) SV: McWilliams (1)
33 Hits and 21 runs over 11 innings in just under 5 hours at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. A Barry Bonds walk off 441 foot bomb off of Al Holland in the bottom of the 11th inning capped a wild game that saw each teams pitchers struggle to hold onto a lead. SF lead 2-0 after 1 and 5-3 after 2 and a half, while the Pirates lead 3-2 after 2, 7-5 after 3, 10-5 after 4 and all the way until a Candy Maldonado homer in the 8th off Enrique Romo tied the game at 10. Brett Butler for SF and Tony Pena for Pit both had 4 hit games with Pena and Jack Clark leading their teams with 4 RBI apiece.
GAME 4 : Krukow vs Rhoden
San Francisco (16-14) -- 8
Pittsburgh (12-18) -- 4
WP: Krukow (5-0) LP: Rhoden (3-3)
Mike Krukow was solid over 6 innings to pick up his 5th win of this short KOD season. The Giants once again got a big day from Will Clark with 4 more hits and 2 runs scored. Kevin Mitchell added a 3 run homer and Darrell Evans was also 2 for 3 with a homer and 2 RBI.
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