The disastrous start continued for the Athletics as they suffered a four-game sweep in their first road trip of the season. That puts them four games behind pace after just 10 contests. About the only bright spot was Carney Lansford, who went 9-for-16 (.563) to raise his season batting average to .405.
2-8 sim, 6-4 actual
April 10 — sim L 1-3 — actual W 4-0
April 11 — sim L 4-6 — actual L 1-7
April 12 — sim L 4-10 — actual L 0-5
April 13 — sim L 1-3 — actual W 5-0
April 10: The Angels plated runs in three of the four innings, including a home run by Brian Downing in their very first at-bat. The A’s couldn’t get on the board until the ninth inning when Terry Steinbach doubled and Carney Lansford singled him home, but that was it.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1) AT 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (3)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI
Tony Phillips 4 0 1 0 Brian Downing 3 1 1 1
Lance Blankenship 4 0 2 0 Mark McLemore 3 0 0 0
Dave Henderson 3 0 1 0 Devon White 4 0 0 0
Mark McGwire 4 0 0 0 Wally Joyner 2 1 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 1 1 0 Chili Davis 3 0 1 1
Carney Lansford 4 0 3 1 Claudell Washington 3 1 1 0
Glenn Hubbard 4 0 0 0 Lance Parrish 3 0 0 1
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Jack Howell 3 0 0 0
Walt Weiss 3 0 0 0 Dick Schofield 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 34 1 8 1 TOTALS 27 3 4 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 000 001 -- 1
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 110 100 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 7, 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 3.
ERR--Bob Welch BY. 2B--Terry Steinbach, Dave Henderson, Dick
Schofield, Claudell Washington. HR--Brian Downing. SB--Lance
Blankenship.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch BY [L] 7.00 4 3 2 2 5 1
Eric Plunk BXW 1.00 0 0 0 1 1 0
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS
Chuck Finley BX [W] 8.33 8 1 1 1 4 0
Bryan Harvey BXYW [S] 0.67 0 0 0 0 1 0
April 11: Walt Weiss hit a seventh-inning solo home run to give the A’s a 4-3 lead, but another terrible bullpen outing ruined it as Rick Honeycutt gave up back-to-back homers to Chili Davis and Bill Schroeder in the eighth as California retook the lead.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4) AT 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (6)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 4 0 1 0 Dick Schofield 4 0 1 0
Stan Javier 3 0 0 0 Mark McLemore 4 2 3 0
Dave Parker 4 0 2 2 Devon White 4 0 1 0
Carney Lansford 4 0 2 0 Claudell Washington 4 1 3 2
Ron Hassey 4 0 0 0 Lance Parrish 3 1 1 1
Billy Beane 4 0 0 0 Wally Joyner 4 0 0 0
Tony Phillips 3 1 1 1 Chili Davis 4 1 1 2
Glenn Hubbard 4 1 1 0 Bill Schroeder 4 1 1 1
Walt Weiss 3 2 2 1 Jack Howell 4 0 0 0
TOTALS 33 4 9 4 TOTALS 35 6 11 6
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 030 100 -- 4
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 011 010 03x -- 6
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 4, 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 6.
2B--Dick Schofield, Mark McLemore, Claudell Washington (2).
HR--Tony Phillips, Walt Weiss, Bill Schroeder, Chili Davis,
Lance Parrish. SB--Walt Weiss.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Storm Davis BY 7.00 8 3 3 1 7 1
Rick Honeycutt AYZ [L] 1.00 3 3 3 0 1 2
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS
Bert Blyleven BYZ 7.00 8 4 4 1 6 2
Willie Fraser BZ [W] 1.00 1 0 0 1 0 0
Bryan Harvey BXYW [S] 1.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
April 12: The A’s scored first on Dave Henderson’s first-inning homer, but the Angels tallied multiple runs in four different innings to build a big lead.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (4) AT 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (10)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI
Luis Polonia 4 0 0 1 Brian Downing 4 4 2 1
Dave Henderson 5 1 2 1 Mark McLemore 4 2 2 0
Dave Parker 4 1 1 0 Devon White 5 1 3 4
Carney Lansford 4 1 3 0 Lance Parrish 5 0 3 4
Ron Hassey 4 0 1 1 Wally Joyner 4 0 0 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 0 Dante Bichette 3 0 1 0
Stan Javier 4 0 0 0 Chili Davis 4 1 1 0
Glenn Hubbard 3 1 0 0 Glenn Hoffman 4 0 1 0
Walt Weiss 4 0 1 0 Jack Howell 3 2 0 0
TOTALS 36 4 9 3 TOTALS 36 10 13 9
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 100 001 011 -- 4
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 002 024 02x -- 10
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 8, 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 7.
ERR--Dave Henderson, Luis Polonia, Glenn Hoffman (2).
2B--Dave Parker, Carney Lansford, Devon White. HR--Dave
Henderson. SACF--Luis Polonia. SB--Walt Weiss, Devon White.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Curt Young D [L] 5.33 11 8 5 2 3 0
Todd Burns AZ 1.67 1 0 0 1 0 0
Gene Nelson BX 1.00 1 2 2 2 2 0
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS
Kirk McCaskill BZ [W] 8.00 7 3 2 2 3 1
Greg Minton A 1.00 2 1 0 0 1 0
April 13: The A’s again scored first on a Terry Steinbach RBI single in the fourth inning, but the Angels plated three in the bottom half of the inning, with Lance Parrish driving in two with a single. That would be it for the scoring and Oakland would manage only three hits.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS (1) AT 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS (3)
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETI AB R H BI 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGE AB R H BI
Tony Phillips 3 0 0 0 Brian Downing 4 0 0 0
Stan Javier 4 1 1 0 Mark McLemore 4 1 0 0
Dave Henderson 3 0 0 0 Devon White 4 1 2 0
Terry Steinbach 4 0 1 1 Wally Joyner 4 1 2 1
Carney Lansford 4 0 1 0 Lance Parrish 4 0 2 2
Dave Parker 4 0 0 0 Claudell Washington 4 0 1 0
Billy Beane 3 0 0 0 Dante Bichette 3 0 0 0
Glenn Hubbard 2 0 0 0 Jack Howell 3 0 0 0
Mike Gallego 3 0 0 0 Glenn Hoffman 3 0 0 0
TOTALS 30 1 3 1 TOTALS 33 3 7 3
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 000 100 000 -- 1
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 000 300 00x -- 3
LOB--1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS 5, 1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS 7.
ERR--Glenn Hubbard, Mike Gallego. 2B--Devon White.
SB--Claudell Washington, Wally Joyner.
1989 OAKLAND ATHLETICS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Moore AY [L] 7.00 5 3 2 1 8 0
Dennis Eckersley ACX 1.00 2 0 0 0 3 0
1989 CALIFORNIA ANGELS
Jim Abbott CY [W] 8.00 2 1 1 3 6 0
Bryan Harvey BXYW [S] 1.00 1 0 0 0 1 0
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