The 1989 season replay got underway with Oakland winning two of three home games against Seattle, including a 16-inning marathon in the finale. Mark McGwire hit two homers and drove in seven of the A’s 14 runs in the series. Carney Lansford had a walk-off hit in the extra-innings contest.
2-1 sim, 3-0 actual
April 3 — sim W 6-3 — actual W 3-2
April 5 — sim L 2-3 — actual W 11-1
April 6 — sim W 7-6 (16) — actual W 11-3
April 3: Mark McGwire’s third-inning grand slam put the A’s up 4-1, After the Mariners closed within one run, Oakland padded its lead in the sixth on an RBI single by Stan Javier and an RBI double by Walt Weiss.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (6)
1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Harold Reynolds 4 2 2 0 Tony Phillips 4 1 1 0
Ken Griffey Jr 4 0 2 2 Dave Henderson 4 1 1 0
Alvin Davis 1 1 0 0 Carney Lansford 2 1 0 0
Darnell Coles 4 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 1 4
Jeffrey Leonard 4 0 1 1 Terry Steinbach 4 0 0 0
Greg Briley 3 0 0 0 Dave Parker 4 1 1 0
Dave Valle 4 0 0 0 Glenn Hubbard 4 0 1 0
Edgar Martinez 4 0 0 0 Stan Javier 2 1 1 1
Omar Vizquel 3 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 4 0 1 1
TOTALS 31 3 5 3 TOTALS 32 6 7 6
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 100 110 000 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 004 002 00x -- 6
LOB--1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7.
ERR--Harold Reynolds. 2B--Ken Griffey Jr (2), Jeffrey
Leonard, Dave Parker, Glenn Hubbard, Walt Weiss. HR--Mark
McGwire. SB--Harold Reynolds.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mark Langston BX [L] 6.00 7 6 6 4 5 1
Michael Jackson BXW 2.00 0 0 0 1 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [W] 6.00 5 3 3 3 4 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [S] 1.00 0 0 0 1 0 0
April 5: Mark McGwire’s second home run in two games helped the A’s to an early 2-0 lead, but Seattle took a 3-2 lead in the seventh on a Greg Briley solo homer. Oakland put runners on second and third with one out in the seventh but couldn’t score. In the bottom of the ninth, Mike Gallego was thrown out at home trying to score from second on a base hit.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (2)
1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Harold Reynolds 4 0 1 0 Luis Polonia 4 1 2 0
Ken Griffey Jr 4 0 1 0 Dave Henderson 4 0 1 0
Alvin Davis 3 0 0 0 Dave Parker 5 0 0 0
Darnell Coles 3 0 0 1 Mark McGwire 3 1 1 2
Jeffrey Leonard 4 0 0 0 Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0
Greg Briley 4 1 1 1 Ron Hassey 4 0 1 0
Dave Valle 3 1 1 1 Billy Beane 4 0 0 0
Edgar Martinez 3 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 1 0
Omar Vizquel 2 1 0 0 Walt Weiss 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 30 3 4 3 TOTALS 35 2 8 2
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 000 011 100 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 002 000 000 -- 2
LOB--1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 3, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 10.
ERR--Harold Reynolds (3), Dave Valle, Dave Henderson.
2B--Luis Polonia. HR--Greg Briley, Dave Valle, Mark McGwire.
SACF--Darnell Coles. SACB--Walt Weiss, Luis Polonia.
SB--Luis Polonia.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Scott Bankhead BYZ [W] 7.00 5 2 2 2 5 1
Dennis Powell DY [S] 2.00 3 0 0 0 2 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Bob Welch BY [L] 7.00 3 3 3 2 12 2
Greg Cadaret DY 2.00 1 0 0 0 0 0
April 6: Oakland had leads of 4-1 and 5-2, but Seattle tied it up in the ninth as Dennis Eckersley blew a save opportunity. The Mariners went up 6-5 in the top of the 13th on Jeffrey Leonard’s RBI single, but the A’s extended the game further on a Luis Polonia homer. Finally, in the bottom of the 16th, Mark McGwire reached on an error and scored on Carney Lansford’s hit.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS (6) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (7)
1989 SEATTLE MARINER AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Harold Reynolds 8 2 3 0 Luis Polonia 7 1 3 2
Ken Griffey Jr 6 2 1 1 Dave Henderson 7 0 2 0
Alvin Davis 6 1 2 1 Dave Parker 8 1 2 0
Darnell Coles 6 0 2 2 Mark McGwire 8 2 1 1
Jeffrey Leonard 8 1 2 1 Carney Lansford 8 0 3 2
Mickey Brantley 8 0 1 0 Terry Steinbach 7 0 3 0
Scott Bradley 7 0 2 0 Lance Blankenship 7 1 1 0
Edgar Martinez 7 0 1 1 Glenn Hubbard 5 2 1 0
Omar Vizquel 7 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 6 0 1 1
TOTALS 63 6 14 6 TOTALS 63 7 17 6
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 001 010 012 000 100 0 -- 6
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 200 201 000 000 100 1 -- 7
LOB--1989 SEATTLE MARINERS 17, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 15.
ERR--Ken Griffey Jr, Omar Vizquel, Glenn Hubbard, Walt
Weiss, Lance Blankenship, Eric Plunk BXW. 2B--Harold
Reynolds, Ken Griffey Jr, Mickey Brantley, Glenn Hubbard,
Luis Polonia, Mark McGwire. HR--Alvin Davis, Luis Polonia.
SACB--Edgar Martinez, Walt Weiss. SB--Ken Griffey Jr.
1989 SEATTLE MARINERS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Campbell DRW 5.00 7 4 3 3 0 0
Jerry Reed B 4.00 6 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Schooler BXZ 3.00 1 0 0 1 3 0
Keith Comstock BXZ 3.00 2 1 1 0 3 1
Michael Jackson BXW [L] 0.33 1 1 0 0 0 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Storm Davis BY 6.00 5 2 2 4 3 1
Todd Burns AZ 2.00 2 1 1 1 1 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX 2.00 4 2 2 0 1 0
Eric Plunk BXW 3.00 2 1 1 2 4 0
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [W] 3.00 1 0 0 0 3 0
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