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On October 9, 1989 — The Giants win their first National League pennant since 1962 by defeating the Cubs, 3 – 2, in Game 5 of the NLCS winning the series 4 games to 1. Will Clark bats .650 in the series with eight RBI to win MVP honors.
The final game pitted Mike Bielecki against a well-rested (due to his quick exit from Game 2) Rick Reuschel. Reuschel made amends for his poor start in Game 2 by giving up only one run over eight innings. The one run Reuschel gave up was an unearned run the Cubs scored when Jerome Walton reached on an error by Kevin Mitchell and then scored on Ryne Sandberg’s double. The Cubs held the 1–0 lead until the seventh inning when Will Clark tripled and scored on Mitchell’s sacrifice fly.
With two outs in the eighth, the Cubs appeared ready to perhaps send the series back to Chicago, but Candy Maldonado pinch-hit for Reuschel and walked. Bielecki then proceeded to load the bases by walking both Butler and Thompson. Don Zimmer sent for Mitch Williams to end the jam, but Clark drove home the pennant-winning runs with a single to center that gave the Giants a 3–1 lead. Les Lancaster got Matt Williams out to end the inning but the Cubs were finished.
They did rally, however, in the ninth with three straight singles that made it 3–2. But Sandberg grounded out and the Giants were in their first World Series since 1962. Clark’s stellar performance earned him Most Valuable Player honors for the Giants. Clark hit .650 with eight RBIs.
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