Brewers Collapse. Boston Takes Series Snuffing Out Post Season Hopes For Crew

 GAME 1:

GWRBI-Spiers

Game MVP:Chris Bosio

County Stadium    (01-10-2025 07:13:41)       Time 3:20, 68ø, Wind: 4 MPH Out to CF  Night Game

Aug 17, 1989                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1989 Boston 66-53             1 1 0   0 2 0   0 0 0      4  8  0
1989 Milwaukee 61-62          1 0 0   1 1 0   0 3 -      6 13  5

Recap

Bos  1st: Scored 1 run on a hit, on one walk and 2 errors.

Bos      Mike Greenwell singled scoring Boggs, E8 to take the lead.  Bos  1 Mil 0.

Bos      Mike Greenwell extended his hit streak to 26.

Mil  1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Mil      Robin Yount singled scoring Molitor to tie the score.  Bos  1 Mil 1.

Bos  2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit, and 2 errors.

Bos      Rick Cerone hit a grounder scoring 1 to take the lead.  Bos  2 Mil 1.

Mil  4th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Greg Vaughn doubled scoring O'Brien to tie the score.  Bos  2 Mil 2.

Bos  5th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

Bos      Ellis Burks hit a 2 run HR(15) to take the lead.  Bos  4 Mil 2.

Mil  5th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Robin Yount singled scoring Polidor.  Bos  4 Mil 3.

Mil  8th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits.

Mil      Charlie O'Brien singled scoring Yount to tie the score.  Bos  4 Mil 4.

Mil      Bill Spiers singled scoring 2 to take the lead.  Bos  4 Mil 6.

Bos  Ellis Burks: 2 for 4, HR, 2 RBI.

Bos  Dwight Evans: 3 for 4.

Mil  Gus Polidor: 1 for 4, double, 2 errors.

Mil  Robin Yount: 3 for 4, 2 RBI.

Mil  Chris Bosio pitched 8 innings to earn the win: 2 earned runs, 7 hits, 1 BB, 4 K. He goes to 14-10 on the season.

Mil  Chuck Crim pitched a shutout 9th to earn his 9th save of the year.

Bos  Rob Murphy took the loss: 1 IP, 3 earned runs, 4 hits, 1 K. He's 6-5 on the year.

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GAME 2:

GWRBI-Burks

Game MVP:Ellis Burks

County Stadium    (01-10-2025 07:25:02)       Time 3:14, 80ø, Wind: 9 MPH In from LF  Day Game

Aug 18, 1989                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1989 Boston 67-53             0 0 5   0 1 0   0 1 1      8 11  0

1989 Milwaukee 61-63          1 0 0   0 1 0   1 0 0      3 14  4

Recap

Mil  1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits and on one walk.

Mil      Robin Yount singled scoring Molitor to take the lead.  Bos  0 Mil 1.

Bos  3rd: Sent 9 batters to the plate scoring 5 runs on 5 hits, and an error.

Bos      Wade Boggs singled scoring Reed to tie the score.  Bos  1 Mil 1.

Bos      Ellis Burks hit a Grand Slam(16) to take the lead.  Bos  5 Mil 1.

Bos  5th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Bos      Nick Esasky singled scoring Burks.  Bos  6 Mil 1.

Mil  5th: Scored 1 run on 3 hits.

Mil      Glenn Braggs singled scoring Spiers.  Bos  6 Mil 2.

Mil  7th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Paul Molitor hit a solo HR(10).  Bos  6 Mil 3.

Bos  8th: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Bos      Nick Esasky hit a solo HR(24).  Bos  7 Mil 3.

Bos  9th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits, and an error.

Bos      Ellis Burks singled scoring Barrett.  Bos  8 Mil 3.

Bos  Ellis Burks: 3 for 5, HR, 5 RBI, 2 runs, grand slam.

Bos  Nick Esasky: 2 for 4, HR, 2 RBI.

Mil  Paul Molitor: 5 for 5, HR, 2 runs.

Mil  B.J. Surhoff: 3 for 4, double.

Bos  Joe Price pitched 2 innings and picked up the win: 2 IP, 2 hits, 0 BB, 2 K. He goes to 4-1 on the year.

Mil  Tom Filer pitched 7 innings and took the loss: 5 earned runs, 8 hits, 1 BB, 1 K. He drops to 2-4 on the year.

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GAME 3:

Game MVP:Mike Boddicker

County Stadium    (01-10-2025 07:35:30)       Time 3:57, 75ø, Wind: 7 MPH Out to LCF  Day Game

Aug 19, 1989                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1989 Boston 68-53             0 1 0   0 4 3   3 0 1     12 16  1

1989 Milwaukee 61-64          1 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      1  6  0

Recap

Mil  1st: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Mil      Paul Molitor scored on a WP by Boddicker to take the lead.  Bos  0 Mil 1.

Bos  2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.

Bos      Danny Heep doubled scoring Esasky to tie the score.  Bos  1 Mil 1.

Bos  4th: Failed to score on a hit and 2 walks.

Bos  5th: Sent 9 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks.

Bos      Mike Greenwell hit a 3 run HR(10) to take the lead.  Bos  4 Mil 1.

Bos      Luis Rivera singled scoring Heep.  Bos  5 Mil 1.

Bos  6th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 3 hits and on one walk.

Bos      Mike Greenwell hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Bos  6 Mil 1.

Bos      Nick Esasky singled scoring Barrett.  Bos  7 Mil 1.

Bos      Danny Heep hit a grounder scoring 1.  Bos  8 Mil 1.

Bos  7th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 5 hits.

Bos      Rich Gedman hit a 2 run HR(5).  Bos  10 Mil 1.

Bos      Nick Esasky singled scoring Boggs.  Bos  11 Mil 1.

Bos  9th: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Bos      Mike Greenwell hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Bos  12 Mil 1.

Bos  Wade Boggs: 2 for 4, 3 runs, 2 W.

Bos  Ellis Burks: 2 for 4, triple, 3 runs, 2 W.

Bos  Dwight Evans: 0 for 3, 3 W.

Bos  Mike Greenwell: 1 for 4, HR, 5 RBI.

Bos  Danny Heep: 3 for 4, double, 2 RBI.

Bos  Luis Rivera: 3 for 4.

Bos  Mike Boddicker pitched a solid 7 innings for the win: 1 earned run, 5 hits, 2 BB, 5 K. He's now 11-13 on the year.

Mil  Jeff Peterek pitched 4.2 innings and took the loss: 5 earned runs, 5 hits, 8 BB, 1 K. He drops to 1-1 on the year.

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GAME 4:

GWRBI-Greenwell

Game MVP:Lee Smith

County Stadium    (01-10-2025 07:45:03)       Time 3:31, 74ø, Cloudy, Light Rain, Wind: 9 MPH Left to Right  Day Game

Aug 20, 1989                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1989 Boston 69-53             0 0 0   0 0 0   1 0 5      6  6  1

1989 Milwaukee 61-65          0 3 0   2 0 0   0 0 0      5  9  1

Recap

Mil  2nd: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 3 hits and on one walk.

Mil      Charlie O'Brien hit a 2 run HR(5) to take the lead.  Bos  0 Mil 2.

Mil      Mike Felder hit a solo HR(3).  Bos  0 Mil 3.

Mil  3rd: Failed to score on a hit, on one walk and an error.

Mil  4th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits.

Mil      Bill Spiers singled scoring Felder.  Bos  0 Mil 4.

Mil      Paul Molitor hit a grounder scoring 1.  Bos  0 Mil 5.

Bos  7th: Scored 1 run on a hit and on one walk.

Bos      Jody Reed singled scoring Esasky.  Bos  1 Mil 5.

Bos  9th: Sent 10 batters to the plate scoring 5 runs on 3 hits and 4 walks.

Bos      Kevin Romine doubled scoring 2.  Bos  3 Mil 5.

Bos      Marty Barrett singled scoring Cerone.  Bos  4 Mil 5.

Bos      Ellis Burks hit a fly ball scoring 1 to tie the score.  Bos  5 Mil 5.

Bos      Mike Greenwell singled scoring Boggs to take the lead.  Bos  6 Mil 5.

Bos  Rick Cerone: 0 for 3, 2 errors.

Mil  Mike Felder: 2 for 3, HR, 2 runs.

Bos  Dennis Lamp pitched 4.2 innings and picked up the win: 4.2 IP, 2 hits, 1 BB, 0 K. He's now 3-2 on the year.

Bos  Lee Smith pitched a shutout 9th to earn his 32nd save of the year.

Mil  Dan Plesac took the loss: .1 IP, 5 earned runs, 1 hit, 4 BB, 1 K. He's now 2-3 on the year.