August 23, 1989 – Today in 1989, the Los Angeles Dodgers took on the Montreal Expos at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Both teams were in for a marathon.
Dodger starting pitcher Orel Hershiser pitched 7 innings of shutout baseball and struck out 6 batters. Expo starting pitcher Pascual Perez pitched 8 scoreless innings and struck out 7.
Jay Howell relieved Hershiser in the 8th and picked up where Hershiser left off. He would pitch 2 innings. Tim Burke did the same for Perez. The game went to extra innings tied 0-0.
The game went on for 12 more innings without a score. In the top of the 22nd inning, Dennis Martinez was on the mound for the Expos. Rick Dempsey hit a leadoff homerun to finally put a run on the board. Jeff Hamilton flied out to center field. Martinez struck out Jose Gonzalez and John Wetteland grounded out to shortstop.
The Expos were up and knew they had to score. Wetteland was on the mound for the Dodgers. Tim Wallach was out on a fly ball to left field. Wetteland struck out Mike Fitzgerald. There were now two outs. Rex Hudler hit a single to center field and Spike Owen stepped up to the place. Hudler tried to steal second base, but catcher Rick Dempsey got the ball to Willie Randolph, who tagged Hudler out. Game over. In a game that lasted 5 hours and 14 minutes, the Dodgers beat the Expos 1-0.
John Wetteland went to 4-5 with the win and Dennis Martinez fell to 13-4 with the loss. Wetteland struck out 4 and batted 0-2. Martinez struck out 2 and didn’t get an at-bat.
The Los Angeles Dodgers went to 60-67, 13 games behind the NL West leading San Francisco Giants and were 5th in the division. The Montreal Expos fell to 69-58, 2 games behind the NL East leading Chicago Cubs and were 3rd in the division.
Notables
- There were 2 Hall of Famers either playing or managing in this game, both with the Dodgers; Eddie Murray and manager Tommy Lasorda.
- The Dodgers were running so short on players late in the game, pitcher Fernando Valenzuela was a pinch hitter.
- This was Buck Rodgers’ 5th season managing the Expos. He would manage the team until 1991.
- Lasorda played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1954-55 and the Kansas City A’s in 1956. Rodgers played for the Los Angeles/California Angels from 1961-69.
- This was Tommy Lasorda’s 15th season managing the Dodgers. Lasorda managed the Dodgers from 1976-96. He led the team to 2 World Series titles and 2 National League pennants.
- Willie Randolph went on to manage the New York Mets from 2005-08.
- Mike Scioscia became the manager of the Anaheim Angels and led the team to a World Series championship in 2002. He still manages the Angels today.
Game stats and other data can be found on Baseball-Reference.com at LA Dodgers vs Montreal Expos - August 23, 1989
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