The Giants and Cubs came into the 1989 National League Championship Series very evenly matched. The Giants, managed by Roger Craig, won the N.L. West by three games with a 92-70 record.

Cubs 6, Giants 0. Giants second: Ma.Williams flied out to right. Kennedy doubled to left. Sheridan struck out. Uribe struck out. Cubs second: Grace singled to second. Dawson struck out.

Champions of the West, the Giants won 92 games, one less than the Cubs, during the regular six-month season, and are slight favorites to win the the flag and advance to the World Series. But in ...