It hasn’t been the best start for the A’s, who suffered a three-game sweep at home to Chicago White Sox. After six games, Oakland is already two games off the pace. Each game saw multiple culprits: defensive miscues, bullpen collapses, lack of hitting, bad baserunning, you name it.
2-4 sim, 4-2 actual
April 7 — sim L 3-4 — actual L 1-7
April 8 — sim L 1-3 — actual L 4-7
April 9 — sim L 1-5 — actual W 4-2
April 7: Mark McGwire hit his third homer of the season and Dave Parker had a two-run shot in the eighth inning, but three Oakland errors led to three unearned runs as the White Sox earned the one-run win.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (4) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (3)
1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Ozzie Guillen 5 1 4 2 Luis Polonia 4 0 0 0
Dave Gallagher 5 0 1 1 Dave Henderson 4 0 0 0
Harold Baines 4 0 1 1 Dave Parker 4 1 1 2
Ivan Calderon 5 0 2 0 Mark McGwire 4 1 3 1
Greg Walker 5 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 4 0 1 0
Carlton Fisk 5 1 1 0 Carney Lansford 3 0 1 0
Ron Kittle 5 0 1 0 Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0
Steve Lyons 4 1 0 0 Glenn Hubbard 4 0 0 0
Eddie Williams 2 1 0 0 Walt Weiss 4 1 2 0
TOTALS 40 4 10 4 TOTALS 35 3 9 3
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 100 000 120 -- 4
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 100 020 -- 3
LOB--1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 12, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 6.
ERR--Glenn Hubbard (2), Walt Weiss. 2B--Ozzie Guillen, Mark
McGwire. HR--Dave Parker, Mark McGwire. HBP--Eddie Williams.
SB--Carney Lansford.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Long DY [W] 7.67 8 3 3 0 5 2
Bobby Thigpen BY [S] 1.33 1 0 0 1 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Curt Young D [L] 7.00 8 2 1 1 4 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 2 2 0 1 1 0
Greg Cadaret DY 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
April 8: Mike Moore tossed eight shutout innings and only allowed two hits, but nursing a 1-0 lead, the decision was made to go to Dennis Eckersley in the ninth. That turned out to be the wrong move, as Oakland’s closer suffered his second blown save in the first week of the season. Ivan Calderon tied it with an RBI single and Ron Kittle’s two-run double put the White Sox up.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (3) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1)
1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Ozzie Guillen 4 0 0 0 Luis Polonia 5 0 0 0
Dave Gallagher 4 1 2 0 Dave Henderson 4 1 1 0
Harold Baines 3 1 0 0 Dave Parker 4 0 1 0
Ivan Calderon 3 1 1 1 Mark McGwire 3 0 0 0
Greg Walker 4 0 0 0 Ron Hassey 4 0 3 1
Ron Kittle 4 0 1 2 Stan Javier 3 0 1 0
Steve Lyons 4 0 0 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0
Eddie Williams 3 0 1 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 1 0
Ron Karkovice 2 0 0 0 Walt Weiss 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 3 5 3 TOTALS 35 1 9 1
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 000 000 003 -- 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 001 000 -- 1
LOB--1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 9.
ERR--Dave Henderson. 2B--Ron Kittle, Dave Gallagher, Dave
Parker, Walt Weiss.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Melido Perez DX 7.00 6 1 1 2 5 0
Steve Rosenberg DY [W] 1.00 3 0 0 0 1 0
Donn Pall BYZ [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Mike Moore AY 8.00 2 0 0 3 1 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX [L] 1.00 3 3 3 1 0 0
April 9: Dave Stewart didn’t have his best stuff, while Chicago’s Jerry Reuss took a shutout into the ninth inning. The A’s avoided that when Tony Phillips knocked a two-out RBI single, but that was it as Chicago pulled off the road sweep.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX (5) AT 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1)
1989 CHICAGO WHITE S AB R H BI 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI
Ozzie Guillen 4 1 1 0 Tony Phillips 4 0 3 1
Dave Gallagher 3 1 1 0 Dave Henderson 5 0 0 0
Harold Baines 3 0 2 2 Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0
Ivan Calderon 5 0 0 0 Mark McGwire 4 0 2 0
Greg Walker 4 0 0 0 Terry Steinbach 3 0 0 0
Carlton Fisk 3 1 0 0 Dave Parker 4 0 2 0
Ron Kittle 3 1 1 0 Billy Beane 4 1 1 0
Steve Lyons 4 1 1 3 Glenn Hubbard 4 0 0 0
Eddie Williams 4 0 0 0 Mike Gallego 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 33 5 6 5 TOTALS 36 1 10 1
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 200 000 300 -- 5
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 001 -- 1
LOB--1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 8, 1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 10.
ERR--Ozzie Guillen (2), Glenn Hubbard. 2B--Harold Baines,
Ozzie Guillen, Tony Phillips. HR--Steve Lyons. SB--Carney
Lansford.
1989 CHICAGO WHITE SOX IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jerry Reuss DZ [W] 9.00 10 1 1 2 3 0
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Dave Stewart BYZ [L] 6.00 4 5 5 4 3 1
Todd Burns AZ 2.00 1 0 0 2 0 0
Greg Cadaret DY 1.00 1 0 0 1 1 0
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